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Results on fractional parts of linear functions of n and applications to Beatty sequences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Takao Komatsu
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics, Physics, Computing and Electronics, Macquarie University, New South Wales 2109, Australia, e-mail: komatsu@mpce.mq.edu.au
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Abstract

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Type
Abstracts of Australasian Ph.D. Theses
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1995

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