English

Distribution of $\alpha n + \beta$ modulo 1 over integers free from large and small primes

Number Theory 2019-05-02 v5

Abstract

For any ε>0\varepsilon >0, we obtain an asymptotic formula for the number of solutions nxn \le x to αn+β<x14+ε \lVert \alpha n + \beta \rVert < x^{-\frac{1}{4}+\varepsilon} where nn is [y,z][y,z]-smooth for infinitely many real number xx. In addition, we also establish an asymptotic formula with an additional square-free condition on nn. Moreover, if α\alpha is quadratic irrational then the asymptotic formulas holds for all sufficiently large xx. Our ingredients come from the Harman sieve which we adapt suitably to sieve for [y,z][y,z]-smooth numbers. The arithmetic information comes from estimates for exponential sums.

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@article{arxiv.1711.06422,
  title  = {Distribution of $\alpha n + \beta$ modulo 1 over integers free from large and small primes},
  author = {Kam Hung Yau},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.06422},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

Fixed minor typos