Approximating reals by sums of rationals

Publication date 10 February 2009

Abstract: We consider the question of approximating any real number

a l p h a

by sums of

n

rational numbers

f r a c a_{1} q_{1} + f r a c a_{2} q_{2} + ... + f r a c a_{n} q_{n}

with denominators

1 l e q q_{1}, q_{2}, ..., q_{n} l e q N

. This leads to an inquiry on approximating a real number by rational numbers with a prescribed number of prime factors in the denominator.

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