Uniform Distribution Theory
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Journal

Uniform Distribution Theory


Volume
& Issue

Volume 5, Issue 2


Published
on

March 30, 2010


Pages

79-86


DOI

Article

Approximations to Two Real Numbers


Authors

Igor D. Kan Affiliation:
Nikolay G. Moshchevitin Department of Number Theory Moscow State University Vorobinovy Gory Moscow 119992 RUSSIA
and Nikolay G. Moshchevitin Affiliation:
Dmitrii M. Ushanov Department of Number Theory Moscow State University Vorobinovy Gory Moscow 119992 Russia


Abstract

For a real ξ put ψ ξ(t) = min16x6t ||xξ||. Let α, β be real numbers such that α ± β 6∈ Z. We prove that the function ψα(t) − ψ β(t) changes its sign infinitely many often as t → +∞. The proof uses continued fractions.


Keywords

Continued fraction expansion, simultaneous approximation, badly approximate able number.


Citation

Kan, I. D. & Moshchevitin, N. G. (2010). Approximations to two real numbers. Uniform Distribution Theory, 5(2), 79–86.

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