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On rational approximations of the exponential function at rational points

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Kurt Mahler
Kurt Mahler
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Department of Mathematics, Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT.
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Let p, q, u, and v be any four positive integers, and let further δ be a number in the interval 0 < δ ≤ 2. In this note an effective lower bound for q will be obtained which insures that In the special case when u = v = 1, it was shown by J. Popken, Math. Z. 29 (1929), 525–541, that Here c and C are two positive absolute constants which, however, were not determined explicity. A similarly non-effective result was given in my paper, J. reine angew. Math. 166 (1932), 118–150.

The method of this note depends again on the classical formulae by Hermite which I applied also op. cit.

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Research Article
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Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 10 , Issue 3 , June 1974 , pp. 325 - 335
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1974

References

[1]Mahler, Kurt, “Zur Approximation der Exponentialfunktion und des Logarithmus, Teil I”, J. Reine angew. Math. 166 (1932), 118–136 (1931).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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