Fractional parts of powers of negative rationals

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Main Authors: Lu, Qing, Zheng, Weizhe
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Published: 2026
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author Lu, Qing
Zheng, Weizhe
author_facet Lu, Qing
Zheng, Weizhe
contents We prove that for any real number $ξ\neq 0$ and any coprime integers $p>q\ge1$ such that $ξ$ is irrational or $q>1$, the image in $\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}$ of the sequence $(ξ(-p/q)^n)_{n\ge 0}$ is not contained in any interval of length less than $(1+q/p-q^2/p^2)/p$.
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spellingShingle Fractional parts of powers of negative rationals
Lu, Qing
Zheng, Weizhe
Number Theory
11J54 (Primary) 11J71, 68R15 (Secondary)
We prove that for any real number $ξ\neq 0$ and any coprime integers $p>q\ge1$ such that $ξ$ is irrational or $q>1$, the image in $\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}$ of the sequence $(ξ(-p/q)^n)_{n\ge 0}$ is not contained in any interval of length less than $(1+q/p-q^2/p^2)/p$.
title Fractional parts of powers of negative rationals
topic Number Theory
11J54 (Primary) 11J71, 68R15 (Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.16794