Number Theory study group: Around two problems of Hardy and Mahler
Seminar
Event date
Tuesday 15 October 2019, 4pm
Location
Topos, James College, Campus West, University of York (Map)
Admission
Free admission
Event details
Let alpha and lambda be real numbers. About a century ago, Hardy asked: "In what circumstances can it be true that the distance of lambda alpha to the nearest integer tends to 0 as n goes to infinity?”. This question is still open. We will present some advances in this topic and around a related problem of Mahler, in the case alpha is algebraic. This is joint work with Purusottam Rath.