The book timely surveys new research results and related developments in Diophantine approximation, a division of number theory which deals with the approximation of real numbers by rational numbers. The book is appended with a list of challenging open problems and a comprehensive list of references.
From the contents: Field extensions • Algebraic numbers • Algebraic geometry • Height functions • The abc-conjecture • Roth’s theorem • Subspace theorems • Vojta’s conjectures • L-functions.
About the author
Pei-Chu Hu, Shandong University, Jinan, China;
Chung-Chun Yang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China.
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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 538 ● ISBN 9783110208269 ● File size 2.9 MB ● Publisher De Gruyter ● City Berlin/Boston ● Published 2008 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 2154074 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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