Distribution theory of algebraic numbers - Hu, Pei-Chu (Walter de Gruyter, 2008)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [495]-510) and index
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
Field extensions -- Algebraic numbers -- Algebraic geometry -- Height functions -- Abc-conjecture -- Roth's theorem -- Subspace theorems -- Vojta's conjectures -- L-functions