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Admissible endpoints of gaps in the Lagrange spectrum

Number Theory 2018-08-22 v4

Abstract

We call a positive real number λ\lambda admissible if it belongs to the Lagrange spectrum and there exists an irrational number α\alpha such that μ(α)=λ\mu(\alpha)=\lambda. Here μ(α)\mu(\alpha) denotes the Lagrange constant of α\alpha - maximal real number cc such that ε>0\forall \varepsilon>0 the inequality αpq1(cε)q2|\alpha-\frac{p}{q}|\le\frac{1}{(c-\varepsilon)q^2} has infinitely many solutions for relatively prime pp and qq. In this paper we establish a necessary and sufficient condition of admissibility of the Lagrange spectrum element and construct an infinite series of not admissible numbers.

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@article{arxiv.1704.08060,
  title  = {Admissible endpoints of gaps in the Lagrange spectrum},
  author = {Dmitry Gayfulin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1704.08060},
  year   = {2018}
}

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10 pages