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Primitive divisors of Lucas and Lehmer sequences, II

Paul M. Voutier — 1996

Journal de théorie des nombres de Bordeaux

Let α and β are conjugate complex algebraic integers which generate Lucas or Lehmer sequences. We present an algorithm to search for elements of such sequences which have no primitive divisors. We use this algorithm to prove that for all α and β with h ( β / α ) 4 , the n -th element of these sequences has a primitive divisor for n > 30 . In the course of proving this result, we give an improvement of a result of Stewart concerning more general sequences.

Rational approximations to 2 3 and other algebraic numbers revisited

Paul M. Voutier — 2007

Journal de Théorie des Nombres de Bordeaux

In this paper, we establish improved effective irrationality measures for certain numbers of the form n 3 , using approximations obtained from hypergeometric functions. These results are very close to the best possible using this method. We are able to obtain these results by determining very precise arithmetic information about the denominators of the coefficients of these hypergeometric functions. Improved bounds for the Chebyshev functions in arithmetic progressions θ ( k , l ; x ) and ψ ( k , l ; x ) for k = 1 , 3 , 4 , 6 are...

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