Primes In Fractional Sequences
Abstract
The results for the fractional sequence \[x/n]+1:n ≤ x \, and the fractional sequence in arithmetic progression \q[x/n]+a:n ≤ x \, where a<q are integers such that (a,q)=1, prove that these sequences of fractional numbers contain the set of primes, and the set primes in arithmetic progressions as x ∞ respectively. Furthermore, the corresponding error terms for these sequences are improved. Other results considered are the fractional sequences of integers such as the sequence \[x/n]2+1:n ≤ x \ generated by the quadratic polynomial n2+1, and the sequence \[x/n]3+2:n ≤ x \ generated by the cubic polynomial n3+2. It is shown that each of these sequences of fractional numbers contains infinitely many primes as x ∞.
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