The conjecture on infinitely many cubic-order approximations by rationals of the form a/b2a/b^2

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Let α\alpha be a real number, and let a,ba,b be integers.

Conjecture on cubic-order a/b2a/b^2-approximations. There exists a constant c(α)c(\alpha) such that

αab2<c(α)b3\left|\alpha-\frac{a}{b^2}\right|<\frac{c(\alpha)}{b^3}

has infinitely many integer solutions (a,b)(a,b).

This conjecture is presented as a classical conjecture supported by results for almost all real numbers and by numerical experiments. It concerns the expected sharp upper bound for approximation by rationals of the form a/b2a/b^2, between the known general estimates.

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Primary source

Oleg Karpenkov, “Approximating reals by rationals of the form a/b^2”, arXiv:math/0610717 (2006).

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