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Approximation in algebraic function fields of one variable

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

John Coates
Affiliation:
Australian National UniversityCanberra, A.C.T
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In his paper (4), Mahler established several strong quantitative results on approximation in algebraic number fields using the geometry of numbers. In the present paper I derive analogous results for algebraic function fields of one variable using an analogue of the geometry of numbers.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1967

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