Estimates for \(n\)-dimensional diophantine approximation constants for \(n\ge 4\) (Q1059662): Difference between revisions

For any \(x=(x_ 1,...,x_ n)\in {\mathbb{R}}^ n\) let C(x) denote the infimum of all \(k>0\) such that \(\max_{j=1,...,n}| q(x_ j q-p_ j)^ n| <k\) has infinitely many solutions in integers \(q>0\) and \(p_ j\). Let \(C_ n=\sup_{x\in {\mathbb{R}}^ n}C(x)\) and let \(\Delta_{n+1}\) denote the minimum absolute discriminant of a real number field of degree \(n+1\). \textit{P. Furtwängler} [Math. Ann. 96, 169- 175 (1926) and ibid. 99, 71-83 (1928)] proved that \(C_ n\geq \Delta^{- 1/2}_{n+1}.\) In the present paper the author improves on this result for \(n\geq 4\) by showing that \[ C_ n\geq (16/9)^{[n/4]} \Delta^{-1/2}_{n+1} \] for \(n=1,2,3,\ldots\), where \([x]\) denotes the integral part of the real x. [See also the author's thesis, The \(n\)-dimensional diophantine approximation constants, Univ. New South Wales (1985)].