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Nikhil S Kumar

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How often are $ \lfloor {n^{\alpha}} \rfloor $ and $ \lfloor {n^{\beta}} \rfloor $ simultaneously primes?

Let $ \lfloor {x} \rfloor $ denote the greatest integer less than or equal to a real number $x$. Given real numbers $0<\alpha_1 < \alpha_2 < \cdots< \alpha_k < 1$ satisfying a certain condition, we show that there are infinitely many positive integers $n$ for which all of $ \lfloor{n^{\alpha_1}}\rfloor, \lfloor{n^{\alpha_2}}\rfloor,\ldots, \lfloor{n^{\alpha_k}}\rfloor $ are prime numbers. Our approach relies on establishing a simultaneous equidistribution theorem for $ \lfloor{n^{\alpha_i}}\rfloor $ across $k$-many arithmetic progressions.

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Mahler's $\frac{3}{2}$ problem in $\mathbb{Z}^{+} $

This problem was asked to K. Mahler by one of his Japanese colleagues, a Z-number is a positive real number $x$ such that the fractional parts of $x(\frac{3}{2})^n $ are less than $\frac{1}{2}$ for all integers $n$ such that $n \ge 0$. Kurt Mahler conjectured in 1968 that there are no Z-numbers. In this paper, we show that there are no Z-numbers in $\mathbb{Z}^{+} = \{1,2,3,...\}$.

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