The Fibonacci numbers are not a Heilbronn set
Number Theory
2025-03-05 v2
Abstract
For a real number , let denote the distance from to the nearest integer. A set of positive integers is a Heilbronn set if for every and every there exists such that (see \cite{montgomery} 2.7). The natural numbers are a Heilbronn set by Dirichlet's approximation theorem. Vinogradov \cite{vinogradov} showed that for a natural number , the th powers of integers are a Heilbronn set. In this paper we give a constructive proof that the Fibonacci sequence is not a Heilbronn set, but conversely that almost all satisfy . However, we exhibit a real number such that for all .
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@article{arxiv.2503.01788,
title = {The Fibonacci numbers are not a Heilbronn set},
author = {Daniel Shiu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.01788},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
Duplicates in part work by Zhuraleva "Diophantine approximations with Fibonacci numbers" Journal de Th\'eorie des Nombres de Bordeaux 25 (2013), 499-520