Hu / Yang Distribution Theory of Algebraic Numbers

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-3-11-020826-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 45, 538 Seiten

Reihe: De Gruyter Expositions in Mathematics

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.

Zielgruppe

Researchers, Graduate Students of Mathematics; Academic Libraries

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hu, Pei-Chu

Yang, Chung-Chun

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Algebra Zahlentheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Field extensions

Algebraic numbers

Algebraic geometry

Height functions

The abc-conjecture

Roth's theorem

Subspace theorems

Vojta's conjectures

L-functions

Über Autor(innen)

Pei-Chu Hu, Shandong University, Jinan, China; Chung-Chun Yang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China.