Thursday, September 02, 2021

[stxggztu] irrational powers

the golden ratio phi is called the most irrational number because it avoids being close to m/n , or, equivalently, phi*n avoids being close to integers.  there is some way to make this precise.

find a number x such that x^n avoids being close to integers, or equivalently, x avoids being close to m^(1/n) for integer m and n.  this requires more precise definition.

vaguely similar: Mills's constant, generating prime numbers.

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