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Erdős problem 997

Is it true that, for every α\alpha, the sequence {αpn}\{ \alpha p_n\} is not well-distributed, if pnp_n is the sequence of primes?

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Erdős proved that, if nkn_k is a lacunary sequence, then the sequence {αnk}\{ \alpha n_k\} is not well-distributed for almost all α\alpha.

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∀ (n : ℕ → ℕ), IsLacunary n → ∀ᵐ (α : ℝ), ¬Erdos997.IsWellDistributed fun k => Int.fract (α * ↑(n k))
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