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The Least Prime Number in a Beatty Sequence

Number Theory 2016-07-26 v2

Abstract

We prove an upper bound for the least prime in an irrational Beatty sequence. This result may be compared with Linnik's theorem on the least prime in an arithmetic progression.

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@article{arxiv.1512.08382,
  title  = {The Least Prime Number in a Beatty Sequence},
  author = {Jörn Steuding and Marc Technau},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.08382},
  year   = {2016}
}

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17 pages

R2 v1 2026-06-22T12:18:50.671Z