Algebraic approximations to linear combinations of S-units
Number Theory
2025-11-19 v3
Abstract
Let be a finitely generated multiplicative group of algebraic numbers, let be non-zero algebraic numbers, and let be fixed. In this paper, we prove that there exist only finitely many tuples with such that for any two tuples and , we have for and it is stable under Galois conjugation over , , the tuple is not pseudo-Pisot and where denotes the absolute Weil height. This result extends one of the main results of Corvaja-Zannier \cite{corv}. In addition, we prove a result similar to \cite[Theorem 1.4]{kul} in a more general setting. In our proofs, we exploit the subspace theorem based on the work of Corvaja-Zannier.
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@article{arxiv.2506.02898,
title = {Algebraic approximations to linear combinations of S-units},
author = {Parvathi S Nair and Veekesh Kumar and S. S. Rout},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.02898},
year = {2025}
}