Bases which admit exactly two expansions

TL;DR

This paper investigates the set of bases in which numbers have exactly two expansions, generalizing previous work from the case m=1 to arbitrary positive integers, and characterizes these bases.

Contribution

It extends the analysis of bases with exactly two expansions from m=1 to all positive integers, providing a broader understanding of such bases.

Findings

Characterization of the set _2(m) for general m

Generalization of previous results for m=1

New insights into the structure of bases with two expansions

Abstract

For a positive integer $m$ let $\Omega _m=\{0,1, \cdots , m\}$ and \begin{align*} \mathcal B_2(m)=&\left \{q\in(1,m+1]: \text{$\exists\; x\in [0, m/(q-1)]$ has exactly }\right. \\ &\left. \text{two different $q$-expansions w.r.t. $\Omega _m$}\right \}. \end{align*} Sidorov \cite{S} firstly studied the set $\mathcal B_2(1)$ and raised some questions. Komornik and Kong \cite{KK} further studied the set $\mathcal B_2(1)$ and answered partial Sidorov's questions. In the present paper, we consider the set $\mathcal B_2(m)$ for general positive integer $m$ and generalise the results obtained by Komornik and Kong.