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Closeness of a rational approximation
What is
$$p_*:=\inf\big\{p\in\mathbb R\colon\,\inf_{n\in\mathbb N}n^p\,\inf_{k\in\mathbb N}
|2\sqrt{3n}-9\pi/4-k\pi|>0\big\},$$
where $\mathbb N:=\{1,2,\dots\}$?
In other words, I would like to ...
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simultaneous smallness
QUESTION. Given reals $0 < \epsilon, \delta < 1$, is it always possible to find $m, n \in \mathbb{N}$ such that
$$\begin{cases} \qquad \,\,\,\, \,(1-\delta^m)^n < \epsilon \\
1-(1-(\frac{\...