Quantitative versions of the subspace theorem and applications (Q449689)

This paper is a detailed survey from Roth' theorem (even from Schneider's theorem) to the latest developments of W. Schmidt's Subspace Theorem, in particular the quantitative versions of the Subspace Theorem. The first part of applications are: approximation of algebraic numbers by algebraic numbers, norm form equations, unit equations. More recent applications concern the greatest prime divisor of certain expressions, for example the fact that for positive integers \(a\), \(b\) and \(c\) with \(a>b>c\) then the greatest prime factor of the product \((ab+1)(ac+1)\) tends to infinity (Corvja-Zannier). Then the author recalls quantitative versions of the Subspace Theorem and their first applications; one example, let \(u\) be a linear sequence of order \(t\) of complex numbers, then the set of indices \(n\) for which \(u_n=0\) is the union of at most \(\exp \exp \exp (20t)\) arithmetical progressions and single numbers (W. Schmidt). After a section devoted to the theorems of Schneider and Cugiani-Mahler and recent developments and applications, the last section presents some recent applications of the Quantitative Subspace Theorem. These applications concern in particular the approximation of algebraic numbers by algebraic numbers, the development of algebraic numbers in a given basis, the greatest prime factor of certain products.