{ "id": "2101.08989", "version": "v1", "published": "2021-01-22T08:10:16.000Z", "updated": "2021-01-22T08:10:16.000Z", "title": "Fractional parts of powers of real algebraic numbers", "authors": [ "Yann Bugeaud" ], "comment": "8 pages; comments welcome", "categories": [ "math.NT" ], "abstract": "Let $\\alpha$ be a real number greater than $1$. We establish an effective lower bound for the distance between an integral power of $\\alpha$ and its nearest integer.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2021-01-22T08:10:16.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "11J68", "11J86", "11R06" ], "keywords": [ "real algebraic numbers", "fractional parts", "real number greater", "effective lower bound", "integral power" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 8, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }