Revisiting Fekete’s Lemma, Subadditive and Periodic Sequences

Abstract In this paper, we present an alternative proof of Fekete’s Lemma. We demonstrate that for any subadditive sequence, it is possible to construct a subadditive function that exactly interpolates the sequence. Using this result, along with Hille’s theorem on subadditive functions, we naturally arrive at Fekete’s Lemma. Additionally, we provide an explicit formula for determining the largest subadditive minorant of a given sequence. We explore a sandwich-type result and derive a discrete version of the Hyers-Ulam type stability theorem. For approximately periodic sequences, we offer a decomposition result. In the final section, we propose two characterization theorems for ordinary periodic sequences. The motivation, research progress, and other important details are covered in the introduction.