Well-distribution modulo one and the primes
Let <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="left-parenthesis p Subscript n Baseline right-parenthesis"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>p</mml:mi> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> </mml:msub> <mml:mo stretchy="false">)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">(p_n)</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> denote the sequence of prime numbers, ordered with <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="2 equals p 1 greater-than p 2 greater-than ellipsis"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>p</mml:mi> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>></mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>p</mml:mi> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>></mml:mo> <mml:mo> … </mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">2=p_1>p_2>\ldots</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> . We demonstrate the existence of an irrational number <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="alpha"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi> α </mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\alpha</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> having the property that the sequence <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="left-parenthesis alpha p Subscript n Baseline right-parenthesis"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo> <mml:mi> α </mml:mi> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>p</mml:mi> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> </mml:msub> <mml:mo stretchy="false">)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">(\alpha p_n)</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> is not well-distributed modulo <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="1"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">1</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> .
Authors
- Thái Hoàng Lê (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6801-1924)
- Trevor D. Wooley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8781-4706)
- J. Champagne
- Yu-Ru Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8962-8608)
Institutions
- University of Waterloo (CA)
- Purdue University West Lafayette (US)
- University of Mississippi (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society
- Published
- 2025-10-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1090/proc/17364
- Primary Topic
- Analytic Number Theory Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00