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Main Authors: Ding, Yuchen, Zhai, Wenguang
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.15892
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author Ding, Yuchen
Zhai, Wenguang
author_facet Ding, Yuchen
Zhai, Wenguang
contents Let $\mathcal{P}$ be the set of primes and $\mathbb{N}$ the set of positive integers. Let also $r_1,...,r_t$ be positive real numbers and $R_2(r_1,...,r_t)$ the set of odd integers which can be represented as $$ p+2^{\lfloor k_1^{r_1}\rfloor}+\cdot\cdot\cdot+2^{\lfloor k_t^{r_t}\rfloor}, $$ where $p\in \mathcal{P}$ and $k_1,...,k_t\in\mathbb{N}$. Recently, Chen and Xu proved that the set $R_2(r_1,...,r_t)$ has positive lower asymptotic density, provided that $r_1^{-1}+\cdot\cdot\cdot+r_t^{-1}\ge 1$ and at least one of $r_1,...,r_t$ is an integer. Their result reduces to the famous theorem of Romanoff by taking $t=r_1=1.$ In this note, we remove the unnecessary condition that `{\it at least one of $r_1,...,r_t$ is an integer}'.
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spellingShingle A generalization of the Romanoff theorem
Ding, Yuchen
Zhai, Wenguang
Number Theory
Let $\mathcal{P}$ be the set of primes and $\mathbb{N}$ the set of positive integers. Let also $r_1,...,r_t$ be positive real numbers and $R_2(r_1,...,r_t)$ the set of odd integers which can be represented as $$ p+2^{\lfloor k_1^{r_1}\rfloor}+\cdot\cdot\cdot+2^{\lfloor k_t^{r_t}\rfloor}, $$ where $p\in \mathcal{P}$ and $k_1,...,k_t\in\mathbb{N}$. Recently, Chen and Xu proved that the set $R_2(r_1,...,r_t)$ has positive lower asymptotic density, provided that $r_1^{-1}+\cdot\cdot\cdot+r_t^{-1}\ge 1$ and at least one of $r_1,...,r_t$ is an integer. Their result reduces to the famous theorem of Romanoff by taking $t=r_1=1.$ In this note, we remove the unnecessary condition that `{\it at least one of $r_1,...,r_t$ is an integer}'.
title A generalization of the Romanoff theorem
topic Number Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.15892