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On the approximation exponents for subspaces of $\mathbb{R}^n$

Number Theory 2021-06-09 v1

Abstract

This paper follows the generalisation of the classical theory of Diophantine approximation to subspaces of Rn\mathbb{R}^n established by W. M. Schmidt in 1967. Let AA and BB be two subspaces of Rn\mathbb{R}^n of respective dimensions dd and ee with d+end+e\leqslant n. The proximity between AA and BB is measured by t=min(d,e)t=\min(d,e) canonical angles 0θ1θtπ/20\leqslant \theta_1\leqslant \cdots\leqslant \theta_t\leqslant \pi/2; we set ψj(A,B)=sinθj\psi_j(A,B)=\sin\theta_j. If BB is a rational subspace, his complexity is measured by its height H(B)=covol(BZn)H(B)=\mathrm{covol}(B\cap\mathbb{Z}^n). We denote by μn(Ae)j\mu_n(A\vert e)_j the exponent of approximation defined as the upper bound (possibly equal to ++\infty) of the set of β>0\beta>0 such that the inequality ψj(A,B)H(B)β\psi_j(A,B)\leqslant H(B)^{-\beta} holds for infinitely many rational subspaces BB of dimension ee. We are interested in the minimal value μ˚n(de)j\mathring{\mu}_n(d\vert e)_j taken by μn(Ae)j\mu_n(A\vert e)_j when AA ranges through the set of subspaces of dimension dd of Rn\mathbb{R}^n such that for all rational subspaces BB of dimension ee one has dim(AB)<j\dim (A\cap B)<j. We show that μ˚4(22)1=3\mathring{\mu}_4(2\vert 2)_1=3, μ˚5(32)16\mathring{\mu}_5(3\vert 2)_1\le 6 and μ˚2d(d)12d2/(2d)\mathring{\mu}_{2d}(d\vert \ell)_1\leqslant 2d^2/(2d-\ell). We also prove a lower bound in the general case, which implies that μ˚n(dd)dn+1/d\mathring{\mu}_n(d\vert d)_d\xrightarrow[n\to+\infty]{} 1/d.

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@article{arxiv.2106.04313,
  title  = {On the approximation exponents for subspaces of $\mathbb{R}^n$},
  author = {Elio Joseph},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.04313},
  year   = {2021}
}
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