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A Jarn\'ik-type theorem for a problem of approximation by cubic polynomials

Number Theory 2020-08-18 v1

Abstract

For a given decreasing positive real function ψ\psi, let An(ψ)\mathcal{A}_n(\psi) be the set of real numbers for which there are infinitely many integer polynomials PP of degree up to nn such that P(x)ψ(H(P))\left\lvert P(x) \right\rvert \leq \psi(\operatorname{H}(P)). A theorem by Bernik states that An(ψ)\mathcal{A}_n(\psi) has Hausdorff dimension n+1w+1\frac{n+1}{w+1} in the special case ψ(r)=rw\psi(r) = r^{-w}, while a theorem by Beresnevich, Dickinson and Velani implies that the Hausdorff measure Hg(An(ψ))=\operatorname{\mathcal{H}}^g(\mathcal{A}_n(\psi))=\infty when a certain series diverges. In this paper we prove the convergence counterpart of this result when PP has bounded discriminant, which leads to a complete solution when n=3n = 3 and ψ(r)=rw\psi(r) = r^{-w}.

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@article{arxiv.1809.09742,
  title  = {A Jarn\'ik-type theorem for a problem of approximation by cubic polynomials},
  author = {Alessandro Pezzoni},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.09742},
  year   = {2020}
}
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