On applications of diophantine approximations

G. V. Chudnovsky

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1984 · 63 citations · 2 references

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Abstract

This paper is devoted to the study of the arithmetic properties of values of G-functions introduced by Siegel [Siegel, C. L. (1929) Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Phys.-Math. Kl. 1]. One of the main results is a theorem on the linear independence of values of G-functions at rational points close to the origin. In this theorem, no conditions are imposed on the p-adic convergence of a G-function at a generic point. The theorem finally realizes Siegel's program on G-function values outlined in his paper.

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