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Angular distribution towards the points of the neighbor-flips modular curve seen by a fast moving observer

Number Theory 2025-04-08 v3

Abstract

Let hh be a fixed non-zero integer. For every tR+t\in \mathbb{R}_+ and every prime pp, consider the angles between rays from an observer located at the point (tJp2,0)(-tJ_p^2,0) on the real axis towards the set of all integral solutions (x,y)(x,y) of the equation y1x1h(modp)y^{-1}-x^{-1}\equiv h \pmod{p} in the square [Jp,Jp]2[-J_p,J_p]^2, where Jp=(p1)/2J_p=(p-1)/2. We prove the existence of the limiting gap distribution for this set of angles as pp\rightarrow \infty, providing explicit formulas for the corresponding density function, which turns out to be independent of hh.

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@article{arxiv.2312.14993,
  title  = {Angular distribution towards the points of the neighbor-flips modular curve seen by a fast moving observer},
  author = {Jack Anderson and Florin P. Boca and Cristian Cobeli and Alexandru Zaharescu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.14993},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

14 pages, 11 figures; minor revision in proof of Theorem 1, results unchanged