Distribution theory of algebraic numbers

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.

Year

2008

Language

English

Series

De Gruyter expositions in mathematics -- 45

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter

Editions

3

Pages

527

ISBN

9783110205367

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