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Cardinality of the set $\#\{ 1 \leq n \leq N: \| \alpha n^2/N \| < 1/N \}$
Let $\alpha \in I$ where $I$ is some closed interval that does not contain $0$.
I am interested in upper bound for
$$
M(\alpha) = \#\{ 1 \leq n \leq N: \| \alpha n^2/N \| < 1/N \}
$$
where $N$ ...
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Well known applications of Roth's theorem
Roth's theorem in Diophantine approximation (1955) is a well known milestone. It has been generalised in the case of number fields for simultaneous approximations considering several places.
It is an ...
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The growth of certain continued fractions
I was recently looking into an old problem of Hardy which studies the distribution of integers of the form $2^a 3^b \leq x$, where $a,b\geq 0$. Letting $N(x)$ denote the number of pairs $(a,b)$ ...
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Distribution of $\alpha n^2/q$ modulo $1$?
Let $0 \neq \alpha \in [0,1]$ and $q$ a positive integer.
Let $||.||$ denote the distance to the closest integer and define
$$
N_i(q) = \sum_{ \substack{ -q/2 \leq n \leq q/2 \\ \frac{i}{q} \leq || \...
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Uniform distribution mod $1$ vs independence of random variables
Let $a_1, \cdots, a_k \in [0, 1)$ be real numbers such that $1, a_1, \cdots, a_k$ are independent over the rational numbers. By the Weyl equidistribution criterion in $k$-dimensions, we know that the ...
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number of integers $n$ with $\|n \alpha \|$ small?
Let $\alpha \in \mathbb{R}$ and $N$ a positive integer. I am interested in the quantity
$$
D(\alpha, N) := \# \{ n \in [1, N]: \| n \alpha \| < 1/N \},
$$
$\| x \|$ denotes the distance to the ...
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Distance formula for continued fractions
In the book Neverending fractions from Borwein, van der Poorten, Shallit and Zudilin, there is the so called distance formula (Theorem 2.45, p. 43) stated:
$$\alpha_1\alpha_2\cdot...\cdot\alpha_n=\...
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Approximation of a square with an irrational arithmetic progression
Let $\alpha \in \mathbb{R}\setminus \mathbb{Q}$ be irrational. Does the arithmetic progression $(n\alpha )_{n\in\mathbb{N}}$ becomes arbitrarily close to squares?
More precisely, what can be said ...
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numbers independent over $\mathbb{Q}$ but not BA? numbers that aren't a basis for a number field but are BA?
Has anyone discovered a vector of algebraic real numbers $(a_1,...,a_k)$ such that $1,a_1,...,a_k$ are linearly independent over $\mathbb{Q}$ and such that $(a_1,...,a_k)$ is not "badly approximable"?
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Average value of j-invariant at infinity
Let $\xi\in\mathbb{R}$ and consider the average value (with respect to hyperbolic length) of the $j$-invariant ($j(z)=q^{-1}+744+196884q+\ldots$, $q=e^{2\pi iz}$) along a geodesic aimed at $\xi$:
$$
\...
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Lower bound for the fractional part of $(4/3)^n$
My son, who is 16, is doing some independent research. A lower bound depending on $n$ for $\left\{ \left( \frac{4}{3} \right)^n \right\}=\left( \frac{4}{3} \right)^n-\left\lfloor \left(\frac{4}{3} \...
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Does the set of Diophantine $m$-tuples has full measure?
We say that an $m$-tuple $\omega=(\omega_1,\ldots,\omega_m)$ satisfies the Diophantine condition of order $\nu \geq 0$ if there is a constant $C>0$ such that for all natural $q$ and integer $p_1,\...
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Simultaneous Diophantine Condition and Growth Rate of Convergents Denominators
Let $\omega=(\omega_1,\ldots,\omega_{m})$ be an $m$-tuple of real numbers. Let $|\omega|_{m}:=\sup\limits_{1 \leq j \leq m}|\omega_j|_{1}$ be a metric on flat torus $\mathbb{T}^{m}=\mathbb{R}^{m}/\...
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Is it possible to approximate irrational by fractions with denominator and numerator odd? [closed]
Suppose $\alpha$ is a positive irrational, and $\epsilon$ is an arbitrary positive real, are there $m,n$(non-negative integers) such that $$|\alpha-(2m+1)/(2n+1)|<\epsilon/(2n+1)?$$
If they exist, ...
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A high dimensional generation of Dirichlet approximation theorem, linear case and nonlinear case
I am working with something on Diophantine approximation, and I found a high dimensional generation of Dirichlet approximation theorem which may be true; I will be very happy if this is true. The ...
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Dirichlet's approximation only using prime power as denominator
I am not sure whether this is a suitable question for MO. We know the classical version of Dirichlet's approximation theorem that if $x$ is a real number and $Q>0$ there exist $p,q\in \mathbb{Z}$ ...
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Inequality due to Siegel (assumptions) and upper bounds on number field discriminants
In Siegel's 1969 paper, Abschätzung von Einheiten, on page 73, he states the inequality
$$\log\sqrt d\le n-1+{n\over 2}\log\pi+r_2\log 2\qquad (*)$$
and compares with the bound due to Minkowski that
$$...
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Higher dimensional analogue of Thue's equation
The classical Thue equation is
$$\displaystyle F(x,y) = h,$$
for a binary form $F(x,y) \in \mathbb{Z}[x,y]$. Recall that a binary form is a polynomial in two variables which is homogeneous, and $h$ ...
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Reference request: on sums of the form $ax^m + by^n = h$
I know that equations of the form
$$\displaystyle ax^d + by^d = h$$
with $a,b,h \in \mathbb{Z}$ have been thoroughly investigated as a special (and interesting) case of the Thue-Mahler equation, for ...
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Numbers with balanced diophantine approximations
This is a follow-up to Question 146635, namely Expected symmetry in the diophantine approximations of an irrational number, which I will refer to for notation and terminology used here without ...
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Expected symmetry in the diophantine approximations of an irrational number
Given $x \in \mathbb{R}$ we will write $\{x\}$ for the fractional part of $x$ and $\|x\|$ for the distance of $x$ from the nearest integer, in such a way that $\{x\} = x - \lfloor x \rfloor$ and $\|x\|...
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On the irrationality measure of generalized Stoneham numbers
Pick non-zero integers $a,b,c$ with $a,b \ge 2$ and let $\xi_{a,b,c}$ be the sum of the series $\sum_{n=1}^\infty a^{-b^n} c^{-n}$ (no restriction is made on the sign of $c$); when $b = c$ and $\gcd(a,...
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On the irrationality measure of $\sum_{n=1}^\infty a^{-b^n}$
Pick integers $a, b \ge 2$ and let $\xi_{a,b}$ be the sum of the series $\sum_{n=1}^\infty a^{-b^n}$. It is known that $\xi_{2,2}$ is transcendental: I learned a proof of this from notes by M. ...
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Invariance of the (Liouville-Roth) irrationality measure under rational Möbius transformations
For a real number $x$, we define the (Liouville-Roth) irrationality measure of $x$, here denoted by $\mu(x)$, as the infimum, with respect to the poset $(\mathbb{R}_0^+ \cup \{\infty\}, \le)$, of the (...
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Still more generalized Dirichlet Theorem
Dirichlet proved a classical theorem about approximating irrational real numbers with rational numbers, saying that for any irrational real number $\alpha$, you can find infinitely many rational ...
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Work exploring application of probability to metric number theory problems
I am interested in studying the application of probabilistic tools to study metric number theoretic problems, specifically the Duffin-Schaeffer conjecture (http://www.math.osu.edu/files/duffin-...
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