TITLE: Prove $0, \frac{1}{2}, 0, \frac{1}{3}, \frac{2}{3}, 0, \frac{1}{4}, \frac{2}{4}, ...$ equidistributed in $[0, 1)$
QUESTION [6 upvotes]: Prove
$0, \frac{1}{2}, 0, \frac{1}{3}, \frac{2}{3}, 0, \frac{1}{4}, \frac{2}{4}, ...$
equidistributed in $[0, 1)$.

A sequence of numbers $\xi_1, \xi_2, \xi_3, ...$ in $[0, 1)$ is said to be equidistributed if for every
  interval $(a, b) \subset [0, 1)$
$$\lim\limits_{N\to\infty} \frac {\bigl|\{1\le n\le N: \xi_n \in (a, b)\}\bigr|} {N}
= b-a$$

It's from Chapter 4 in the book Fourier Analysis: An Introduction

REPLY [2 votes]: For each integer $n>1$ let $$F_n=\left\{\frac{k}n:k=0,\dots,n-1\right\}\;;$$
for $0\le a<b<1$, $|(a,b)\cap F_n|\ge\lceil n(b-a)\rceil-1$.
The first $2$ terms of the sequence are the members of $F_2$; the next $3$ terms are the members of $F_3$, and so on. Thus, the first $\sum_{k=2}^nk=\frac12n(n+1)-1$ terms are the members of blocks $F_2$ through $F_n$ in the obvious order. For $n\ge 2$ let $T_n=\frac12n(n+1)-1$, and suppose that $T_m\le N<T_{m+1}$. Then
$$\begin{align*}
|\{n\le N:\xi_n\in(a,b)\}&\ge\sum_{k=2}^m|(a,b)\cap F_k|\\
&\ge\sum_{k=2}^m\Big(\lceil k(b-a)\rceil-1\Big)\\
&=\sum_{k=2}^m\lceil k(b-a)\rceil-m+1\\
&\ge\sum_{k=2}^mk(b-a)-m+1\\
&=(b-a)T_m-m+1\;,
\end{align*}$$
so
$$\frac{|\{n\le N:\xi_n\in(a,b)\}}N\ge(b-a)\frac{T_m}N-\frac{m-1}N\;.$$
Now $$\frac{T_m}N>\frac{T_m}{T_{m+1}}=\frac{\frac12m(m+1)-1}{\frac12(m+1)(m+2)-1}\to 1\quad\text{ as }\quad m\to\infty\;,$$ and
$$\frac{m-1}N\le\frac{m-1}{T_m}=\frac{m-1}{\frac12m(m+1)-1}\to 0\quad\text{ as }\quad m\to\infty\;,$$
so $$\lim_{N\to\infty}\frac{|\{n\le N:\xi_n\in(a,b)\}|}N\ge b-a\;.$$