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Some questions in Diophantine approximation: real and p-adics

Number Theory 2025-05-22 v1

Abstract

The Weak approximation theorem describes the closure of G(Q)G(Q) inside G(Qp)G(Q_p) as well as inside G(R)G(R) for GG an algebraic group over QQ; the closure is always an open normal subgroup with finite abelian quotient, and is well understood in a certain sense even if precise results are not always available (such as for tori!). In this paper, for a finitely generated subgroup LG(Q) L \subset G(Q) we consider the topological closure of L L inside G(Qp)G(Q_p) and G(R)G(R). The paper is written mostly for GG a torus or an abelian variety, but eventually considers a variant of the question for GG a semisimple group. The paper is written with the wishful thinking that when dealing with questions on topological closure of algebraic points in an algebraic group defined over a number field, the simplest answers hold, a well-known principle known as ``Occum's razor''.

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@article{arxiv.2505.15744,
  title  = {Some questions in Diophantine approximation: real and p-adics},
  author = {Dipendra Prasad},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.15744},
  year   = {2025}
}
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