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The Dirichlet spectrum

Number Theory 2024-12-10 v1

Abstract

Akhunzhanov and Shatskov defined the Dirichlet spectrum, corresponding to m×nm \times n matrices and to norms on Rm\mathbb{R}^m and Rn\mathbb{R}^n. In case (m,n)=(2,1)(m,n) = (2,1) and using the Euclidean norm on R2\mathbb{R}^2, they showed that the spectrum is an interval. We generalize this result to arbitrary (m,n)(1,1)(m,n) \neq (1,1) and arbitrary norms, improving previous works from recent years. We also define some related spectra and show that they too are intervals. Our argument is a modification of an argument of Khintchine from 1926.

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@article{arxiv.2412.05858,
  title  = {The Dirichlet spectrum},
  author = {Alon Agin and Barak Weiss},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.05858},
  year   = {2024}
}
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