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<p>We investigate the distribution of <italic>αp</italic> modulo one in quadratic number fields 𝕂 with class number one, where <italic>p</italic> is restricted to prime elements in the ring of integers of 𝕂. Here we improve the relevant exponent 1/4 obtained by the first- and third-named authors for imaginary quadratic number fields [<italic>On the distribution of αp modulo one in imaginary quadratic number fields with class number one</italic>, J. Théor. Nombres Bordx. <bold>32 </bold>(2020), no. 3, 719–760]) and by the first- and second-named authors for real quadratic number fields [<italic>Diophantine approximation with prime restriction in real quadratic number fields</italic>, Math. Z. (2021)] to 7/22. This generalizes a result of Harman [<italic>Diophantine approximation with Gaussian primes</italic>, Q. J. Math. <bold>70 </bold>(2019), no. 4, 1505–1519] who obtained the same exponent 7/22 for ℚ (<italic>i</italic>) by extending his method which gave this exponent for ℚ [<italic>On the distribution of αp modulo one. II</italic>, Proc. London Math. Soc. <bold>72</bold>, (1996), no. 3, 241–260]. Our proof is based on an extension of Harman’s sieve method to arbitrary number fields. Moreover, we need an asymptotic evaluation of certain smooth sums over prime ideals appearing in the above-mentioned work by the first- and second-named authors, for which we use analytic properties of Hecke L-functions with Größencharacters.</p>
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We investigate the distribution of αp modulo one in quadratic number fields 𝕂 with class number one, where p is restricted to prime elements in the ring of integers of 𝕂. Here we improve the relevant exponent 1/4 obtained by the first- and third-named authors for imaginary quadratic number fields [On the distribution of αp modulo one in imaginary quadratic number fields with class number one, J. Théor. Nombres Bordx. 32 (2020), no. 3, 719–760]) and by the first- and second-named authors for real quadratic number fields [Diophantine approximation with prime restriction in real quadratic number fields, Math. Z. (2021)] to 7/22. This generalizes a result of Harman [Diophantine approximation with Gaussian primes, Q. J. Math. 70 (2019), no. 4, 1505–1519] who obtained the same exponent 7/22 for ℚ (i) by extending his method which gave this exponent for ℚ [On the distribution of αp modulo one. II, Proc. London Math. Soc. 72, (1996), no. 3, 241–260]. Our proof is based on an extension of Harman’s sieve method to arbitrary number fields. Moreover, we need an asymptotic evaluation of certain smooth sums over prime ideals appearing in the above-mentioned work by the first- and second-named authors, for which we use analytic properties of Hecke L-functions with Größencharacters.

On the Distribution of <italic>αp</italic> Modulo One in Quadratic Number Fields

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On the Distribution of  Modulo One in Quadratic Number Fields

We investigate the distribution of αp modulo one in quadratic number fields 𝕂 with class number one, where p is restricted to prime elements in the ring of...

On the Distribution of αp Modulo One in Quadratic Number Fields

Published Online: Feb 02, 2022

Page range: 1 - 48

Received: Apr 27, 2021

Accepted: Aug 12, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/udt-2021-0006

Keywords
distribution modulo one, Diophantine approximation, sieve methods, sums over primes, quadratic field, smoothed sum, Poisson summation

© 2021 Stephan Baier et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

On the Distribution of αp Modulo One in Quadratic Number Fields

Published Online: Feb 02, 2022

Page range: 1 - 48

Received: Apr 27, 2021

Accepted: Aug 12, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/udt-2021-0006

Keywordsdistribution modulo one, Diophantine approximation, sieve methods, sums over primes, quadratic field, smoothed sum, Poisson summation

© 2021 Stephan Baier et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
distribution modulo one, Diophantine approximation, sieve methods, sums over primes, quadratic field, smoothed sum, Poisson summation