Logarithmic Forms and Diophantine Geometry

Logarithmic Forms and Diophantine Geometry
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
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ISBN-10 : 9781139468879
ISBN-13 : 1139468871
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Book Synopsis Logarithmic Forms and Diophantine Geometry by : A. Baker

Download or read book Logarithmic Forms and Diophantine Geometry written by A. Baker and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-01-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is now much interplay between studies on logarithmic forms and deep aspects of arithmetic algebraic geometry. New light has been shed, for instance, on the famous conjectures of Tate and Shafarevich relating to abelian varieties and the associated celebrated discoveries of Faltings establishing the Mordell conjecture. This book gives an account of the theory of linear forms in the logarithms of algebraic numbers with special emphasis on the important developments of the past twenty-five years. The first part covers basic material in transcendental number theory but with a modern perspective. The remainder assumes some background in Lie algebras and group varieties, and covers, in some instances for the first time in book form, several advanced topics. The final chapter summarises other aspects of Diophantine geometry including hypergeometric theory and the André-Oort conjecture. A comprehensive bibliography rounds off this definitive survey of effective methods in Diophantine geometry.


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