On Diophantine approximation with one prime and three squares of primes

Abstract

Let λ₁, λ₂, λ₃, λ₄ be non-zero real numbers, not all of the same sign, w real. Suppose that the ratios λ₁/λ₂, λ₁/λ₃ are irrational and algebraic. Then there are in.nitely many solutions in primes p_j, j =1, 2, 3, 4, to the inequality . This improves the earlier result.

Keywords

Diophantine inequalities / primes / Davenport-Heilbronn method / sieve methods

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