Parametric geometry of numbers over a number field and extension of scalars

Abstract: Schmidt and Summerer parametric geometry of numbers deals with rational approximation to points in

m a t h b b R^{n}

. We extend this theory to a number field

K

and its completion

K_{w}

at a place

w

in order to treat approximation over

K

to points in

K_{w}^{n}

. As a consequence, we find that exponents of approximation over

m a t h b b Q

in

m a t h b b R^{n}

have the same spectrum as their generalizations over

K

in

K_{w}^{n}

. When

w

has relative degree one over a place

e l l

of

m a t h b b Q

, we further relate approximation over

K

to a point

in

K_{w}^{n}

, to approximation over

m a t h b b Q

to a point

X i

in

m a t h b b Q_{e} l l^{n d}

, obtained by extension of scalars, where

d

is the degree of

K

over

m a t h b b Q

. By combination with a result of Bel, this allows us to construct algebraic curves in

m a t h b b R^{3 d}

defined over

m a t h b b Q

, of degree

2 d

, containing points that are very singular with respect to rational approximation.

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