Introduction to Algebraic Independence Theory

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Yuri V. Nesterenko, Patrice Philippon
Springer, Jul 1, 2003 - Mathematics - 260 pages
In the last five years there has been very significant progress in the development of transcendence theory. A new approach to the arithmetic properties of values of modular forms and theta-functions was found. The solution of the Mahler-Manin problem on values of modular function j(tau) and algebraic independence of numbers pi and e^(pi) are most impressive results of this breakthrough. The book presents these and other results on algebraic independence of numbers and further, a detailed exposition of methods created in last the 25 years, during which commutative algebra and algebraic geometry exerted strong catalytic influence on the development of the subject.
 

Contents

ET z and Transcendence
1
Mahlers conjecture and other transcendence results
13
Algebraic independence for values of Ramanujan functions
27
Some remarks on proofs of algebraic independence
47
Elimination multihomogene
52
Diophantine geometry
83
Geometrie diophantienne multiprojective
95
Criteria for algebraic independence
132
Zero Estimates on Commutative Algebraic Groups
166
Measures of algebraic independence for Mahler functions
187
Small Transcendence Degrees
198
Large Transcendence Degrees
213
Some metric results in Transcendental Numbers Theory
226
The Hilbert Nullstellensatz Inequalities for Polynomials and Algebraic Independence
239
Bibliography
249
Index
254

Upper bounds for geometric Hilbert functions
143
Multiplicity estimates for solutions of algebraic differential equations
149

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