Bounded-average-partial-quotient approximation conjecture

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Fix an integer B≥2B\geq2, and let CB\mathcal{C}_B be the set of irrational numbers whose partial quotients are bounded in average by BB. For each nn, consider rational points k/nk/n with k∈[n]k\in[n]. Bounded-average approximation conjecture. For some integer B≥2B\geq2,

inf⁡α∈CBmin⁡k∈[n]∣kn−α∣≪log⁡nn2.\inf_{\alpha\in\mathcal{C}_B}\min_{k\in[n]}\left|\frac{k}{n}-\alpha\right|\ll\frac{\log n}{n^2}.

The paper cannot prove this approximation statement, although it believes it holds for some very small BB; the preceding proposition shows that it would imply the weak logarithmic discrepancy conjecture.

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Joshua N. Cooper, “Quasirandom Arithmetic Permutations”, arXiv:math/0310384 (2006).

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