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Fractional parts of powers of negative rationals

Number Theory 2026-03-25 v2

Abstract

We prove that for any real number ξ0\xi\neq 0 and any coprime integers p>q1p>q\ge1 such that ξ\xi is irrational or q>1q>1, the image in R/Z\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z} of the sequence (ξ(p/q)n)n0(\xi (-p/q)^n)_{n\ge 0} is not contained in any interval of length less than (1+q/pq2/p2)/p(1+q/p-q^2/p^2)/p.

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@article{arxiv.2603.16794,
  title  = {Fractional parts of powers of negative rationals},
  author = {Qing Lu and Weizhe Zheng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.16794},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

9 pages. v2: fixed typos