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On a Diophantine inequality involving a prime and an almost-prime

Number Theory 2016-05-24 v2

Abstract

We prove that there are infinitely many solutions of λ0+λ1p+λ2Pr<pτ, |\lambda_0+\lambda_1p+\lambda_2P_r|<p^{-\tau}, where r=3,r=3, τ=1118\tau=\frac1{118}, and λ0\lambda_0 is an arbitrary real number and λ1,λ2\BR\lambda_1,\lambda_2\in\BR with λ20\lambda_2\neq0 and 0>λ1λ20>\frac{\lambda_1}{\lambda_2} not in Q\mathbb{Q}. This improves a result by Harman. Moreover, we show that one can require the prime pp to be of the form \floornc\floor{n^c} for some positive integer nn, i.e. pp is a Piatetski-Shapiro prime, with r=13r=13 and τ=ρ(c),\tau=\rho(c), a constant explicitly determined by cc supported in (1,1+1149].\left(1, 1+\frac1{149}\right].

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@article{arxiv.1605.05568,
  title  = {On a Diophantine inequality involving a prime and an almost-prime},
  author = {Liyang Yang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1605.05568},
  year   = {2016}
}

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23 pages. Number Theory