paper

The Least Prime Number in a Beatty Sequence

arXiv:1512.08382 · doi:10.1016/j.jnt.2016.05.022

Abstract

We prove an upper bound for the least prime in an irrational Beatty sequence. This result may be compared with Linnik's theorem on the least prime in an arithmetic progression.

17 pages

The Least Prime Number in a Beatty Sequence · wovepaper