Multiplicative approximation by the Weil height
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Abstract:
Let $K/\mathbb {Q}$ be an algebraic extension of fields, and let $\alpha \not = 0$ be contained in an algebraic closure of $K$. If $\alpha$ can be approximated by roots of numbers in $K^{\times }$ with respect to the Weil height, we prove that some nonzero integer power of $\alpha$ must belong to $K^{\times }$. More generally, let $K_1, K_2, \dots , K_N$, be algebraic extensions of $\mathbb {Q}$ such that each pair of extensions includes one which is a (possibly infinite) Galois extension of a common subfield. If $\alpha \not = 0$ can be approximated by a product of roots of numbers from each $K_n$ with respect to the Weil height, we prove that some nonzero integer power of $\alpha$ must belong to the multiplicative group $K_1^{\times } K_2^{\times } \cdots K_N^{\times }$. Our proof of the more general result uses methods from functional analysis.References
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Additional Information
- Robert Grizzard
- Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
- MR Author ID: 1081060
- Email: grizzard@math.wisc.edu
- Jeffrey D. Vaaler
- Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712
- MR Author ID: 176405
- Email: vaaler@math.utexas.edu
- Received by editor(s): October 23, 2017
- Received by editor(s) in revised form: July 5, 2019
- Published electronically: February 19, 2020
- Additional Notes: Research of the second author was supported by a grant from the National Security Agency, H92380-12-1-0254.
- © Copyright 2020 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 373 (2020), 3235-3259
- MSC (2010): Primary 11J25, 11R04, 46B04
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/tran/7941
- MathSciNet review: 4082237