Year: 2019
Type: preprint
Abstract: W.M.Schmit[11] conjectured that for any$\;θ$ with deg$\;θ\geq 3,$ there is no constant$\;C=C(θ)$ so that$\;|p-qθ|>Cq^{-1}$ for every rationa$\;p/q.$ [12,p26] states that the computations of the first several thousand partial quotients for such numbers as$\;\sqrt[3]{2}$ and$\;\sqrt[3]{3}$ support the conjecture that the sequence of partial quotients is unbounded. In this paper, applying Dirichlet's approximation theorem to certain algebraic numbers$\;θ,$ e.g.$\;θ=\sqrt[n]{d},d\in N,n\geq 3,d>0;$ $\;θ^{3}+b_{1}θ-b_{0}=0,b_{0}>0;$ $\;θ^{4}+b_{2}θ^{2}-b_{0}=0,\;b_{0}>0.$ We proved that there exists a effective constant$\;C=C(θ)$ such that$\;|p-qθ|>Cq^{-1}$ for all$\;p/q.$ Our theorem shows their sequence of partial quotients can not be unbounded.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Author: Li, Jinxiang
Institution: Guangxi Minzu University
Language: English
Subfield: Algebra and Number Theory
Field: Mathematics
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2936755002