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On connectedness in the parametric geometry of numbers

Number Theory 2024-10-02 v4 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

Via multilinear algebra, we formulate a criterion for connectedness in the parametric geometry of numbers in terms of pencils, which are certain algebraic varieties in the space of matrices. As a consequence, we obtain a connectedness result for generic lattices arising from Diophantine approximation on analytic submanifolds, and sharpen Schmidt and Summerer's results of connectedness on simultaneous Diophantine approximation and approximation by linear forms.

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@article{arxiv.2312.16961,
  title  = {On connectedness in the parametric geometry of numbers},
  author = {Yuming Wei and Han Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.16961},
  year   = {2024}
}

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