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The papers shows an algorithm to search for approximations of reals to rationals of the form a/b^2 that runs on \sqrt(b) polynomial time steps.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 I. Jimenez Calvo

Functions with singularities are notoriously difficult to approximate with conventional approximation schemes. In computational applications, they are often resolved with low-order piecewise polynomials, multilevel schemes, or other types…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-07-30 Nicolas Boullé , Astrid Herremans , Daan Huybrechs

We consider the problem of Diophantine approximation on semisimple algebraic groups by rational points with restricted numerators and denominators and establish a quantitative approximation result for all real points in the group by…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2014-11-04 Alexander Gorodnik , Shirali Kadyrov

Recent years have witnessed the introduction and development of extremely fast rational function algorithms. Many ideas in this realm arose from polynomial-based linear-algebraic algorithms. However, polynomial approximation is occasionally…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-03 James Chok , Geoffrey M. Vasil

In this paper we introduce a family of rational approximations of the reciprocal of a $\phi$-function involved in the explicit solutions of certain linear differential equations, as well as in integration schemes evolving on manifolds. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-05-18 Paola Boito , Yuli Eidelman , Luca Gemignani

In 1969, H. Davenport and W. Schmidt established a measure of simultaneous approximation for a real number \xi and its square by rational numbers with the same denominator, assuming only that \xi is not rational nor quadratic over Q. Here,…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Damien Roy

Based on M. Hall's theorem we prove a simple result dealing with real numbers which admit exact approximations by rationals.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-03-30 Dmitry Gayfulin , Sergei Pitcyn

This paper deals with two main topics related to Diophantine approximation. Firstly, we show that if a point on an algebraic variety is approximable by rational vectors to a sufficiently large degree, the approximating vectors must lie in…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-03-21 Johannes Schleischitz

Diophantine approximation is the problem of approximating a real number by rational numbers. We propose a version of this in which the numerators are approximately related to the denominators by a Laurent polynomial. Our definition is…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2011-05-30 Eli Hawkins , Alan Haynes

We develop new tools leading, for each integer $n\ge 4$, to a significantly improved upper bound for the uniform exponent of rational approximation $\widehat{\lambda}_n(\xi)$ to successive powers $1,\xi,\dots,\xi^n$ of a given real…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-06-06 Anthony Poëls , Damien Roy

The classical continued fraction is generalized for studying the rational approximation problem on multi-formal Laurent series in this paper, the construction is called m-continued fraction. It is proved that the approximants of an…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Zongduo Dai , Kunpeng Wang , Dingfeng Ye

A basic question of Diophantine approximation, which is the first issue we discuss, is to investigate the rational approximations to a single real number. Next, we consider the algebraic or polynomial approximations to a single complex…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2009-08-28 Michel Waldschmidt

We discuss the use of matrices for providing sequences of rationals that approximate algebraic irrationalities. In particular, we study the regular representation of algebraic extensions, proving that ratios between two entries of the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-03-10 Stefano Barbero , Umberto Cerruti , Nadir Murru

Two approximations, derived from continuous expansions of Riemann-Liouville fractional derivatives into series involving integer order derivatives, are studied. Using those series, one can formally transform any problem that contains…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-05-10 Shakoor Pooseh , Ricardo Almeida , Delfim F. M. Torres

We design new approximation algorithms for the Multiway Cut problem, improving the previously known factor of 1.32388 [Buchbinder et al., 2013]. We proceed in three steps. First, we analyze the rounding scheme of Buchbinder et al., 2013 and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-05-13 Ankit Sharma , Jan Vondrák

In a previous paper with the same title, we gave an upper bound for the exponent of uniform rational approximation to a quadruple of $\mathbb{Q}$-linearly independent real numbers in geometric progression. Here, we explain why this upper…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-04-29 Damien Roy

We study the close connection between rational functions that approximate a given Boolean function, and quantum algorithms that compute the same function using postselection. We show that the minimal degree of the former equals (up to a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-08-26 Urmila Mahadev , Ronald de Wolf

For real $\xi$ we consider the irrationality measure function $\psi_\xi(t) = \min_{1\leqslant q \leqslant t, q\in\mathbb{Z}} || q\xi ||$, where $||\cdot||$ - distance to the nearest integer. We prove that in the case…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-04-20 Nikita Shulga

The motivation of this paper is the development of an optimisation method for solving optimisation problems appearing in Chebyshev rational and generalised rational approximation problems, where the approximations are constructed as ratios…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-11-06 R. Díaz Millán , Nadezda Sukhorukova , Julien Ugon

In this paper we show how one can obtain simultaneous rational approximants for $\zeta_q(1)$ and $\zeta_q(2)$ with a common denominator by means of Hermite-Pade approximation using multiple little q-Jacobi polynomials and we show that…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2013-10-04 Kelly Postelmans , Walter Van Assche