Asymptotic $\psi$-densities of subsets of natural numbers

Abstract

The sizes of subsets of the natural numbers are typically quantified in terms of asymptotic (linear) and logarithmic densities. These concepts have been generalized to weighted $w$-densities, where a specific weight function $w$ plays a key role. In this paper, a parallel theory of asymptotic $\psi$-densities is introduced, where the weight is expressed slightly differently in terms of differentiable functions $\psi$, which are either concave or convex and satisfy certain asymptotic properties. Alternative new proofs for known results on analytic and Abel densities are also given.