Distribution Theory of Algebraic Numbers

by Pei-Chu Hu and Chung-Chun Yang

The book timely surveys new research results and related developments in Diophantine approximation, a division of number theory which deals with the approximation of real numbers by rational numbers. The book is appended with a list of challenging open problems and a comprehensive list of references.

From the contents: Field extensions - Algebraic numbers - Algebraic geometry - Height functions - The abc-conjecture - Roth's theorem - Subspace...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 311020536X
• ISBN13: 9783110205367
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 538 Pages
• Weight: 2.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.7" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary