On a criterion of uniform distribution

Abstract

We give an extension of a criterion of van der Corput on uniform distribution of sequences. Namely, we prove that a sequence $x_n$ is uniformly distributed modulo 1 if it is weakly monotonic and satisfies the conditions ${\Delta }^2{x}_n\to 0,n^2{\Delta }^2{x}_n\to \infty$. Our proof is straightforward and uses a Diophantine approximation by rational numbers, while van der Corput's approach is based on some estimates of exponential sums.

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