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Consecutive primes and Beatty sequences

Number Theory 2016-12-06 v1

Abstract

Fix irrational numbers α,α^>1\alpha,\hat\alpha>1 of finite type and real numbers β,β^0\beta,\hat\beta\ge 0, and let BB and B^\hat B be the Beatty sequences B:=(αm+β)m1andB^:=(α^m+β^)m1. B:=(\lfloor\alpha m+\beta\rfloor)_{m\ge 1}\quad\text{and}\quad\hat B:=(\lfloor\hat\alpha m+\hat\beta\rfloor)_{m\ge 1}. In this note, we study the distribution of pairs (p,p)(p,p^\sharp) of consecutive primes for which pBp\in B and pB^p^\sharp\in\hat B. Under a strong (but widely accepted) form of the Hardy-Littlewood conjectures, we show that {px:pB and pB^}=(αα^)1π(x)+O(x(logx)3/2+ϵ), \big|\{p\le x:p\in B\text{ and }p^\sharp\in\hat B\}\big|=(\alpha\hat\alpha)^{-1}\pi(x)+O\big(x(\log x)^{-3/2+\epsilon}\big), where π(x)\pi(x) is the prime counting function.

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@article{arxiv.1612.01468,
  title  = {Consecutive primes and Beatty sequences},
  author = {William D. Banks and Victor Z. Guo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.01468},
  year   = {2016}
}

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12 pages

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