The Three Gap Theorem and the Space of Lattices

DOI10.4169/AMER.MATH.MONTHLY.124.8.741MaRDI QIDQ4575423zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Andreas Strömbergsson, Jens Marklof

Publication date 13 July 2018

Published in The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1612.04906, https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publications/b5fd0feb-e42d-48e9-94d8-334b8dc24505

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lattices and convex bodies (number-theoretic aspects) (11H06) General theory of distribution modulo (1) (11K06) Lattices and convex bodies in (2) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C05)

Abstract: The three gap theorem (or Steinhaus conjecture) asserts that there are at most three distinct gap lengths in the fractional parts of the sequence $alpha,2alpha,ldots,Nalpha$, for any integer $N$ and real number $alpha$. This statement was proved in the 1950s independently by various authors. Here we present a different approach using the space of two-dimensional Euclidean lattices.

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