A generalization of the 3d distance theorem

DOI10.1007/S00013-020-01450-7zbMATH Open1475.11017arXiv1910.00865OpenAlexW3011513415MaRDI QIDQ777079FDOQ777079

Authors: Manish Mishra, Amy Binny Philip 

Publication date: 3 July 2020

Published in: Archiv der Mathematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $P$ be a positive rational number. Call a function $f:mathbbRightarrowmathbbR$ to have $extitfinitegapspropertymod$ $P$ if the following holds: for any positive irrational $alpha$ and positive integer $M$, when the values of $f(malpha)$, $1leqmleqM$, are inserted mod $P$ into the interval $[0,P)$ and arranged in increasing order, the number of distinct gaps between successive terms is bounded by a constant $k_f$ which depends only on $f$. In this note, we prove a generalization of the 3d distance theorem of Chung and Graham. As a consequence, we show that a piecewise linear map with rational slopes and having only finitely many non-differentiable points has finite gaps property mod $P$. We also show that if $f$ is distance to the nearest integer function, then it has finite gaps property mod $1$ with $k_{f}leq6$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.00865

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zbMATH Keywords

equidistribution theoremSteinhaus conjecturethree gaps problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Density, gaps, topology (11B05)

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• The three gap theorem and periodic functions
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