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The exact law of the iterated logarithm for discrepancies of the Hardy– Littlewood–Pólya sequences is proved. The exact constant in the law of the iterated logarithm is explicitly computed in the case when the Hardy–Littlewood–Pólya sequence consists of odd numbers.
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Communicated by J. Schoißengeier.
K. Fukuyama was supported in part by the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) 17340029 from JSPS.
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Fukuyama, K., Nakata, K. A metric discrepancy result for the Hardy–Littlewood–Pólya sequences. Monatsh Math 160, 41–49 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00605-008-0051-5
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