Friday, 23 March 2012

Dirichlet Approximation over a Number Field

For any alphainmathbbR and a parameter Q, we can write alpha=a/q+theta, for integers a,q with qleqQ, and real theta with |theta|leq(qQ)1, a simple application of the Dirichlet approximation theorem. I'm looking for a similar statement for number fields.



Setup: K is a fixed number field of degree n over mathbbQ, with ring of integers OK. omega1,dots,omegan is a fixed mathbbZ-basis for OK.
sigmai,dotssigman are the distinct embeddings of K.



V is the n- dimensional commutative mathbbR-algebra KotimesmathbbQmathbbR.



We define a distance function |cdot| on V as follows:
|x|=|x1omega1+cdots+xnomegan|=maxlimitsi|xi|.

I would just like to point out that I am not necessarily attached to this distance function, if you can say anything sensible using another distance function, then I am interested.



Precise Statement: Given alphainV and a parameter Q, is it always possible to find lambda,muinOK, such that |mu|llQ and |alphadfraclambdamu|lldfrac1Q|mu|?



Equivalent Statement: can we find gammainK such that mathcalN=textrmN(bfagamma)llQn, and |alphagamma|lldfrac1QmathcalN1/n,

where bfagamma is the denominator ideal of gamma?



Note that it is easy to find an analogous statement to Dirichlet's original theorem, ie existslambda,muinOK, such that |mu|llQ and |alphamulambda|lldfrac1Q,

by an application of the pigeonhole principle, but unlike in mathbbR, we cannot just divide through by mu at this point, as the only decent bound (that I know of) for |mu1| is |mu1|lldfrac|mu|n1textrmN(mu)
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Does anyone have a reference for dealing with the fractional form like this? The closest I have managed to find was a generalisation to number fields of the Thue-Siegel-Roth theorem by LeVeque.

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