Diophantine approximation with prime denominator in real quadratic function fields

DOI10.1016/J.FFA.2023.102242MaRDI QIDQ6136692zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Stephan Baier, Esrafil Ali Molla

Publication date 31 August 2023

Published in Finite Fields and their Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.01717

zbMATH Keywords

Diophantine approximationdistribution modulo onedistribution of prime idealsfunction fieldsVaughan's identity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Distribution modulo one (11J71) Sums over primes (11L20) Distribution of primes (11N05) Primes in congruence classes (11N13) Distribution of prime ideals (11R44)

Abstract: In the thirties of the last century, I. M. Vinogradov proved that the inequality $||palpha||le{p}^{-1/5+varepsilon}$ has infinitely prime solutions $p$, where $||.||$ denotes the distance to a nearest integer. This result has subsequently been improved by many authors. In particular, Vaughan (1978) replaced the exponent $1/5$ by $1/4$ using his celebrated identity for the von Mangoldt function and a refinement of Fourier analytic arguments. The current record is due to Matom"aki (2009) who showed the infinitude of prime solutions of the inequality $||palpha||le{p}^{-1/3+varepsilon}$. This exponent $1/3$ is considered the limit of the current technology. Recently, in cite{BaMo}, the authors established an analogue of Matom"aki's result for imaginary quadratic extensions of the function field $k=mathbb{F}_q(T)$. In this paper, we consider the case of real quadratic extensions of $k$ of class number 1, for which we prove a function field analogue of Vaughan's above-mentioned result (exponent $heta=1/4$). Our method uses versions of Vaughan's identity and the Dirichlet approximation theorem for function fields. The latter was established by Arijit Ganguly in the appendix to our previous paper cite{BaMo} on the imaginary quadratic case. We also simplify arguments in the paper cite{BM} on the same problem for real quadratic number fields by D. Mazumder and the first-named author.

Review text

Suppose that \(q>2^{12}\) is an odd prime power. Assume that \(K\) be a real quadratic field extension of \(k=\mathbb{F}_q(t)\) of class number one, \(A\) be the integral closure of \(k\) in \(K\), \(Gal(K:k)=\{\sigma_1,\sigma_2\}\). Suppose \((x_1,x_2)\in K^2\setminus (\sigma_1(K),\sigma_2(K))\). Then for every \(\varepsilon>0\) there exist infinitely many elements \(a/\pi\in K\) with \(a,\pi\in A\) and prime \(\pi\) such that for \(i=1,2\) \[ \left| x_i-\frac{\sigma_i(a)}{\sigma_i(\pi)}\right| \leq \mathcal{N}(\pi)^{-\frac{5}{8}+\log_q\sqrt{2}+\varepsilon}. \] This result can be considered as a functional analogue of the inequality \(||p\alpha||<p^{-\theta+\varepsilon}\) for irrational \(\alpha\) and infinitely many prime \(p\) with some \(\theta\).

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• Diophantine approximation with prime restriction in real quadratic number fields
• DIOPHANTINE APPROXIMATION IN IMAGINARY QUADRATIC FIELDS
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