Does there exist a positive irrational number α, such that for any positive integer n...
Roland Waters
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2022-06-20
Does there exist a positive irrational number , such that for any positive integer the number is not a prime?
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Abigail Palmer
Beginner2022-06-21Added 30 answers
This is called a Beatty sequence. There will indeed always be a prime in the sequence. The bound for the OP's sequence (provided ) is
where , denotes the numerator of the convergent to the regular continued fraction expansion of , and is the unique integer such that . can be chosen arbitrarily small, but l depends on .