Simultaneous rational approximations to algebraic numbers

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Let \(\beta_1, \beta_2, \dots,\beta_n\) be linearly independent numbers of a real algebraic number field of degree \(n+1\). By a study of the units of the field it is shown how to obtain all integral solutions of the set of inequalities: \[ q_0>0, \quad\gcd(q_0,q_1,\dots,q_n)=1,\quad | \beta_j/\beta_0-q_j/q_0| < Cq_0^{-1-1/n} \] for fixed \(C\). In particular, there are no solutions if the fixed number \(C\) is small enough. It is shown, further, that for an appropriate \(C\) there are infinitely many integer solutions of \[ | q_0\beta_j-q_j\beta_0| <C\,q_0^{-1/n}(\log q_0)^{-1/(n-1)}\quad (1\leq j\leq n-1),\quad | q_0\beta_n-q_n\beta_0| <C\,q_0^{-1/n}. \] This last result strengthens a theorem of \textit{J. W. S. Cassels} and \textit{H. P. F. Swinnerton-Dyer} [Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond., Ser. A 248, 73--96 (1955; Zbl 0065.27905)].




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