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On the Distribution Modulo 1 of the Sequence αn2 + βn

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Wolfgang M. Schmidt*
Affiliation:
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
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Dirichlet's Theorem says that for any real α and for N ≧ 1, there exists a natural nN with

where || || denotes the distance to the nearest integer. Heilbronn [2], improving estimates of Vinogradov [3], showed that for α, N as above and for ϵ ≧ 0, there exists an nN with

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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1977

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