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A Dirichlet approximation theorem for group actions

Number Theory 2018-05-16 v2

Abstract

If GG is a compact group acting continuously on a compact metric space (X,m)(X, m), we prove two results that generalize Dirichlet's classical theorem on Diophantine approximation. If GG is a noncommutative compact group of isometries, we obtain a noncommutative form of Dirichlet's theorem. We apply our general result to the special case of the unitary group U(N)U(N) acting on the complex unit sphere, and obtain a noncommutative result in this setting.

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@article{arxiv.1705.00562,
  title  = {A Dirichlet approximation theorem for group actions},
  author = {Clayton Petsche and Jeffrey D. Vaaler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.00562},
  year   = {2018}
}
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