English

Primes in Beatty sequence

Number Theory 2019-12-03 v2

Abstract

For a polynomial g(x)g(x) of deg k2k \geq 2 with integer coefficients and positive integer leading coefficient, we prove an upper bound for the least prime pp such that g(p)g(p) is in non-homogeneous Beatty sequence {αn+β:n=1,2,3,}\lbrace \lfloor \alpha n+\beta\rfloor : n=1,2,3, \dots \rbrace, where α,βR\alpha, \beta \in \mathbb{R} with α>1\alpha >1 is irrational and we prove an asymptotic formula for the number of primes pp such that g(p)=αn+β.g(p)=\lfloor \alpha n+\beta \rfloor. Next we obtain an asymptotic formula for number of primes pp of the form p=αn+βp=\lfloor \alpha n+\beta \rfloor which also satisfies pf(modd)p \equiv f \pmod d where f,df, d are integers with 1f<d1\leq f < d and (f,d)=1(f,d)=1.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.1901.01853,
  title  = {Primes in Beatty sequence},
  author = {C. G. Karthick Babu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.01853},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

12 pages, 0 figures

R2 v1 2026-06-23T07:04:50.232Z