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Using a generalization of forward elimination, it is proved that functions $f_1,...,f_n:X\to\mathbb{A}$, where $\mathbb{A}$ is a field, are linearly independent if and only if there exists a nonsingular matrix $[f_i(x_j)]$ of size $n$,…

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We review the closed-forms of the partial Fourier sums associated with $HP_k(n)$ and create an asymptotic expression for $HP(n)$ as a way to obtain formulae for the full Fourier series (if $b$ is such that $|b|<1$, we get a surprising…

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We establish new measures of linear independence of logarithms on commutative algebraic groups in the so-called \emph{rational case}. More precisely, let k be a number field and v_{0} be an arbitrary place of k. Let G be a commutative…

We construct a complex entire function with arbitrary number of variables which has the following property: The infinite set consisting of all the values of all its partial derivatives of any orders at all algebraic points, including zero…

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Let $m\geq 1$ and $a_m$ be integers. Let $\alpha$ be a rational number which is not a negative integer such that $\alpha = \frac{u}{v}$ with $\gcd(u,v) = 1, v>0$. Let $\phi(x)$ belonging to $\Z[x]$ be a monic polynomial which is irreducible…

In this paper, for a given Dirichlet character mod $N$ with $4\nmid N$, we give a lower bound of order $\sqrt{s/\log(s)}$ for the dimension of the $\mathbb{Q}(e^{2i\pi/N})$-vector space spanned by the values of its $L$-function at integers…

It is an open question of Baker whether the numbers $L(1, \chi)$ for non-trivial Dirichlet characters $\chi$ with period $q$ are linearly independent over $\mathbb{Q}$. The best known result is due to Baker, Birch and Wirsing which affirms…

Let F = {f_1,...,f_r} be a family of polynomials and let the ticket of F, T(F), denote the set of integers m so that ${f_j^m}$ is linearly dependent. We show that |T(F)| \le (r-1)(r-2)/2 and present many concrete examples, including one…

We show that there exist real numbers $\alpha_1,\alpha_2$ linearly independent over $\mathbb{Z}$ together with 1 such that for every non-zero integer vector $(m_1,m_2)$ with $m_1\ge 0$ and $m_2\ge 0$ one has $||m_1\alpha_1+m_2\alpha_2|| \ge…

Given an integer $d \ge 2$, what is the least $r$ so that there is a set of binary quadratic forms $\{f_1,\dots,f_r\}$ for which $\{f_j^d\}$ is non-trivially linearly dependent? We show that if $r \le 4$, then $d \le 5$, and for $d \ge 4$,…

We give conditions on a finite set of series of rational numbers to ensure that they are algebraically independent. Specialising our results to polynomials of lower degree, we also obtain new results on irrationality and $mathbb{Q}$-linear…

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