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.
- ISBN10 311020536X
- ISBN13 9783110205367
- Publish Date 17 November 2008 (first published 1 January 2008)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country DE
- Imprint De Gruyter
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 538
- Language English
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