The Minkowski chain and Diophantine approximation

DOI10.5802/JTNB.1132zbMATH Open1460.11098arXiv1908.06157OpenAlexW3094787086MaRDI QIDQ2211029FDOQ2211029

W. Duke, Nickolas Andersen

Publication date: 10 November 2020

Published in: Journal de Théorie des Nombres de Bordeaux (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The Hurwitz chain gives a sequence of pairs of Farey approximations to an irrational real number. Minkowski gave a criterion for a number to be algebraic by using a certain generalization of the Hurwitz chain. We apply Minkowski's generalization (the Minkowski chain) to give criteria for a real linear form to be either badly approximable or singular. We also give a variant of Dirichlet's approximation theorem for a real linear form that produces a whole basis of approximating integral vectors rather than a single one. This result holds if and only if the form is badly approximable. The proofs rely on properties of successive minima and reduced bases of lattices.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.06157

zbMATH Keywords

Diophantine approximationMinkowski chain

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Simultaneous homogeneous approximation, linear forms (11J13) Continued fractions and generalizations (11J70)

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