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Chabauty Limits of Fermat Spirals

Number Theory 2025-10-29 v2

Abstract

A Fermat spiral is a set of points of the form ne2πiαn\sqrt{n}e^{2\pi i\alpha n} for αR\alpha \in \mathbb{R}. In this paper we prove that the Chabauty limits of Fermat spirals are always closed subgroups of R2\mathbb{R}^2, and conclude that no Fermat spirals are dense forests. Furthermore, we show that if α\alpha is badly approximable the Chabauty limits are always lattices, for which we give a characterisation.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2506.22863,
  title  = {Chabauty Limits of Fermat Spirals},
  author = {Yohay Ailon Tevet},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.22863},
  year   = {2025}
}
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