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Classical and uniform exponents of multiplicative $p$-adic approximation

Number Theory 2023-12-25 v1

Abstract

Let pp be a prime number and ξ\xi an irrational pp-adic number. Its irrationality exponent μ(ξ)\mu (\xi) is the supremum of the real numbers μ\mu for which the system of inequalities 0<max{x,y}X,yξxpX\hmu 0 < \max\{|x|, |y|\} \le X, \quad |y \xi - x|_{p} \leq X^{-\hmu} has a solution in integers x,yx, y for arbitrarily large real number XX. Its multiplicative irrationality exponent \tmu(ξ)\tmu (\xi) (resp., uniform multiplicative irrationality exponent \htmu(ξ)\htmu (\xi)) is the supremum of the real numbers \hmu\hmu for which the system of inequalities 0<xy1/2X,yξxpX\hmu 0 < |x y|^{1/2} \le X, \quad |y \xi - x|_{p} \leq X^{-\hmu} has a solution in integers x,yx, y for arbitrarily large (resp., for every sufficiently large) real number XX. It is not difficult to show that μ(ξ)\tmu(ξ)2μ(ξ)\mu (\xi) \le \tmu(\xi) \le 2 \mu (\xi) and \htmu(ξ)4\htmu (\xi) \le 4. We establish that the ratio between the multiplicative irrationality exponent \tmu\tmu and the irrationality exponent μ\mu can take any given value in [1,2][1, 2]. Furthermore, we prove that \htmu(ξ)(5+5)/2\htmu (\xi) \le (5 + \sqrt{5})/2 for every pp-adic number ξ\xi.

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@article{arxiv.2105.11779,
  title  = {Classical and uniform exponents of multiplicative $p$-adic approximation},
  author = {Yann Bugeaud and Johannes Schleischitz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.11779},
  year   = {2023}
}

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24 pages

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