2009/12/24 by Amarisa Chantanasiri, Chantanasiri, Amarisa
Mathematics · #11J72 #11J85 #FOS: Mathematics #Number Theory (math.NT) #math.NT #msc:11J72 #msc:11J85
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0912.4904
13 pages
arxiv created 2009/12/24 · arxiv updated 2010/01/14
In 1985, Yu. V. Nesterenko produced a criterion for linear independence, which is a variant of Siegel's. While Siegel uses upper bounds on full systems of forms, Nesterenko uses upper and lower bounds on sufficiently dense sequences of individual forms. The proof of Nesterenko's criterion was simplified by F. Amoroso and P. Colmez in 2003. More recently, S. Fischler and W. Zudilin produced a refinement, together with a much simpler proof. This new proof rests on a simple argument which we expand here. We get a new result, which contains Nesterenko's criterion, as well as criteria for algebraic independence.