Exact Kronecker Constants of Three Element Sets
Classical Analysis and ODEs
2015-07-17 v1 Number Theory
Abstract
For any three element set of positive integers, , with , sufficiently large and , we find the least such that given any real numbers , , , there is a real number such that \begin{equation*} \max \{\left\langle ax-t_{1}\right\rangle ,\left\langle bx-t_{2}\right\rangle ,\left\langle nx-t_{3}\right\rangle \}\leq \alpha , \end{equation*} where denotes the distance to the nearest integer. The number is known as the angular Kronecker constant of . We also find the least such that the same inequality holds with upper bound when we consider only approximating , the so-called binary Kronecker constant. The answers are complicated and depend on the congruence of . Surprisingly, the angular and binary Kronecker constants agree except if .
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@article{arxiv.1503.09071,
title = {Exact Kronecker Constants of Three Element Sets},
author = {Kathryn E. Hare and L. Thomas Ramsey},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.09071},
year = {2015}
}