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On diophantine approximation along algebraic curves
Authors:
Edward B. Burger and Ashok M. Pillai
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 136 (2008), 11-19
MSC (2000):
Primary 11J04, 11J70
Posted:
September 25, 2007
MathSciNet review:
2350383
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Abstract: Let be a quadratic form such that the associated algebraic curve contains a rational point. Here we show that there exists a domain such that for almost all , there exists an infinite sequence of nonzero integer triples satisfying the following two properties: (i) For each , is an excellent rational approximation to , in the sense that and (ii) is a rational point on the curve . In addition, we give explicit values of for which both (i) and (ii) hold, and produce a similar result for a certain class of cubic curves.
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Edward B. Burger
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts 01267
Email:
eburger@williams.edu
Ashok M. Pillai
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts 01267
DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-07-09292-1
PII:
S 0002-9939(07)09292-1
Received by editor(s):
August 1, 2006
Posted:
September 25, 2007
Communicated by:
Wen-Ching Winnie Li
Article copyright:
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