For a real number class="mathmlsrc">class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0022314X15002309&_mathId=si1.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0022314X15002309&_rdoc=1&_issn=0022314X&md5=6f4daa17826ae2ff1d7c7a0d62fc59e7" title="Click to view the MathML source">q∈(1,2)class="mathContainer hidden">class="mathCode"> and class="mathmlsrc">class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0022314X15002309&_mathId=si2.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0022314X15002309&_rdoc=1&_issn=0022314X&md5=4a9f79719b7d732ef1c65c1f20675321" title="Click to view the MathML source">x∈[0,1/(q−1)]class="mathContainer hidden">class="mathCode">, the infinite sequence class="mathmlsrc">class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0022314X15002309&_mathId=si3.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0022314X15002309&_rdoc=1&_issn=0022314X&md5=2dfec23b6c4a5648aa3d31c12caec25a" title="Click to view the MathML source">(di)class="mathContainer hidden">class="mathCode"> is called a q-expansion of x if
For class="mathmlsrc">class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0022314X15002309&_mathId=si5.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0022314X15002309&_rdoc=1&_issn=0022314X&md5=49365d93cbb2d6d97c42e4802b3c006d" title="Click to view the MathML source">m=1,2,鈰?/span>class="mathContainer hidden">class="mathCode"> or class="mathmlsrc">class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0022314X15002309&_mathId=si6.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0022314X15002309&_rdoc=1&_issn=0022314X&md5=6fc3b98c6d28fd9c0dd74af8173f93f1" title="Click to view the MathML source">ℵ0class="mathContainer hidden">class="mathCode"> we denote by class="mathmlsrc">class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0022314X15002309&_mathId=si7.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0022314X15002309&_rdoc=1&_issn=0022314X&md5=8ccaa2208522d13e6567ea70a3b0e630" title="Click to view the MathML source">Bmclass="mathContainer hidden">class="mathCode"> the set of class="mathmlsrc">class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0022314X15002309&_mathId=si1.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0022314X15002309&_rdoc=1&_issn=0022314X&md5=6f4daa17826ae2ff1d7c7a0d62fc59e7" title="Click to view the MathML source">q∈(1,2)class="mathContainer hidden">class="mathCode"> such that there exists class="mathmlsrc">class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0022314X15002309&_mathId=si2.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0022314X15002309&_rdoc=1&_issn=0022314X&md5=4a9f79719b7d732ef1c65c1f20675321" title="Click to view the MathML source">x∈[0,1/(q−1)]class="mathContainer hidden">class="mathCode"> having exactly m different q-expansions. It was shown by Sidorov [18] that class="mathmlsrc">class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0022314X15002309&_mathId=si9.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0022314X15002309&_rdoc=1&_issn=0022314X&md5=f5f82b25a075ab34c0d8235546df2ac9" title="Click to view the MathML source">q2:=min鈦2≈1.71064class="mathContainer hidden">class="mathCode">, and later asked by Baker [1] whether class="mathmlsrc">class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0022314X15002309&_mathId=si10.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0022314X15002309&_rdoc=1&_issn=0022314X&md5=fe0ef6e9565404fecad19864c8ceb190" title="Click to view the MathML source">q2∈Bℵ0class="mathContainer hidden">class="mathCode">? In this paper we provide a negative answer to this question and conclude that class="mathmlsrc">class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0022314X15002309&_mathId=si11.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0022314X15002309&_rdoc=1&_issn=0022314X&md5=3bfb9f22d5a593a64c4fb6680ac2a119" title="Click to view the MathML source">Bℵ0class="mathContainer hidden">class="mathCode"> is not a closed set. In particular, we give a complete description of class="mathmlsrc">class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0022314X15002309&_mathId=si12.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0022314X15002309&_rdoc=1&_issn=0022314X&md5=513d4bbb3d17e2e14dcf2b06e2b00f7b" title="Click to view the MathML source">x∈[0,1/(q2−1)]class="mathContainer hidden">class="mathCode"> having exactly two different class="mathmlsrc">class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0022314X15002309&_mathId=si13.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0022314X15002309&_rdoc=1&_issn=0022314X&md5=47cce80b4ac8ea1158da75cec1874969" title="Click to view the MathML source">q2class="mathContainer hidden">class="mathCode">-expansions.