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Effective Approximation to Complex Algebraic Numbers by Algebraic Numbers of Bounded Degree

Number Theory 2024-11-18 v2

Abstract

We establish the first effective improvements on the Liouville inequality for approximation to complex non-real algebraic numbers by complex algebraic numbers of degree at most 4.

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@article{arxiv.2302.05445,
  title  = {Effective Approximation to Complex Algebraic Numbers by Algebraic Numbers of Bounded Degree},
  author = {Prajeet Bajpai and Yann Bugeaud},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.05445},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

Updated with corrections, in particular to the statement and proof of Thm 2.4. Presentation of proofs is also considerably improved following referee feedback. Final version, appears in Trans. AMS

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