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Problem #495: Let $\alpha,\beta \in \mathbb{R}$

Let $\alpha,\beta \in \mathbb{R}$. Is it true that\[\liminf_{n\to \infty} n \| n\alpha \| \| n\beta\| =0\]where $\|x\|$ is the distance from $x$ to...

Problem Statement

Let $\alpha,\beta \in \mathbb{R}$. Is it true that\[\liminf_{n\to \infty} n \| n\alpha \| \| n\beta\| =0\]where $\|x\|$ is the distance from $x$ to the nearest integer?
Categories: Diophantine Approximation Number Theory

Progress

The infamous Littlewood conjecture.

Source: erdosproblems.com/495 | Last verified: January 15, 2026

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