On estimates of measures of linear independence for certain numbers (Q1893644)

The author obtains estimates of lower bounds for absolute values of nonhomogeneous linear forms on values of hypergeometric functions with different parameters using an effective construction of Padé approximations of the second kind. The results bear some analogy with the author's earlier paper [Math. Notes 52, 1188-1192 (1992); translation from Mat. Zametki 52, 25-31 (1992; Zbl 0805.11052)]. One of these is as follows: Let \(\varphi(z)= \sum_{\nu=0}^\infty z^\nu \prod_{x=1}^\nu a(x)/ b(x)\) and \(\psi_k (z)= \sum_{\nu=0}^\infty z^\nu \prod_{x=1}^\nu a(x) (x+\lambda_k) /b(x) (x+\lambda)\), where \(a(x)= (x+ \alpha_1) \dots (x+ \alpha_r)\), \(b(x)= (x+ \beta_1) \dots (x+ \beta_m)\), \(r<m\); \(\alpha_i, \beta_j, \lambda, \lambda_k\in \mathbb{Q}\) \((i=1, \dots, r\); \(j=1, \dots, m\); \(k=1, \dots, t)\); and \((x+ \lambda) (x+\lambda_k) a(x) b(x)\neq 0\) for \(x=1,2, 3,\dots\) and \(k=1, \dots, t\). If all numbers \(\alpha_i- \beta_j\), \(\alpha_i- \lambda\), \(\lambda_k- \beta_j\), \(\lambda_k- \lambda\) and \(\lambda_{k_1}- \lambda_{k_2}\) \((k_1\neq k_2)\) are not integral, then for any nontrivial set \(h_0, h_1, \dots, h_m, h_{k\ell}\) \((k=1, \dots, t\); \(\ell=1, \dots, m+1)\) of integers of the field \(I\) (an imaginary quadratic field or the field \(\mathbb{Q}\)) and any \(\xi\in I\), \(\xi\neq 0\), we have \[ \Biggl|h_0+ \sum_{j=1}^m h_j \varphi ^{(j-1)} (\xi)+ \sum_{k=1}^t \sum_{\ell=1}^{m+1} h_{k\ell} \psi_k^{(\ell- 1)} (\xi) \Biggr|> H^{-u- \gamma/\ln \ln (H+2)}, \] where \(u= m+ t(m+ 1)\) and \(\gamma>0\) is a constant depending on \(\alpha_i\), \(\beta_j\), \(\lambda_k\), \(\lambda\), \(\xi\), and the field \(I\); and \(H=\max (|h_j|, |h_{k\ell} |)\).