Bounds on the gaps in the fractional parts of a linear form

Abstract

We provide bounds on the sizes of the gaps -- defined broadly -- in the set $\{k_1β_1 + \ldots + k_nβ_n \mbox{ (mod 1)} : k_i \in \mathbb Z \cap (0,Q^\frac{1}{n}]\}$ for generic ${\beta }_1,\dots ,{\beta }_n\in {\mathbb{R}}^m$ and all sufficiently large $Q$. We also introduce a related problem in Diophantine approximation, which we believe is of independent interest.

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