Introduction to Diophantine methods

Ergodic Theory on Homogeneous Spaces and Metric Number Theory

Article outline This article gives a brief overview of recent developments in metric number theory, in particular, Diophantine approximation on manifolds, obtained by applying ideas and methods coming from dynamics on homogeneous spaces. Glossary 1. Definition: Metric Diophantine approximation 2. Basic facts 3. Introduction 4. Connection with dynamics on the space of lattices 5. Diophantine app...

On the Diophantine Equation x^6+ky^3=z^6+kw^3

Given the positive integers m,n, solving the well known symmetric Diophantine equation xm+kyn=zm+kwn, where k is a rational number, is a challenge. By computer calculations, we show that for all integers k from 1 to 500, the Diophantine equation x6+ky3=z6+kw3 has infinitely many nontrivial (y≠w) rational solutions. Clearly, the same result holds for positive integers k whose cube-free part is n...

An introduction to Skolem’s p-adic method for solving Diophantine equations

In this thesis, an introduction to Skolem’s p-adic method for solving Diophantine equations is given. The main theorems that are proven give explicit algorithms for computing bounds for the amount of integer solutions of special Diophantine equations of the kind f(x, y) = 1, where f ∈ Z[x, y] is an irreducible form of degree 3 or 4 such that the ring of integers of the associated number field h...

Metrical Diophantine approximation for quaternions

The metrical theory of Diophantine approximation for quaternions is developed using recent results in the general theory. In particular, Quaternionic analogues of the classical theorems of Khintchine, Jarnı́k and Jarnı́k-Besicovitch are established. Introduction Diophantine approximation begins with a more quantitative understanding of the density of the rationals Q in the reals R. The starting p...

On Solving Linear Diophantine Systems Using Generalized Rosser's Algorithm

A Note on Metric Inhomogeneous Diophantine Approximation

An inhomogeneous version of a general form of the Jarn k-Besicovitch Theorem is proved. Dedicated to Professor F. Chong for his 80th birthday 1. Introduction In some respects, inhomogeneous Diophantine approximation is rather diierent from homogeneous Diophantine approximation. Results in the former, where the additional variables ooer extràdegrees of freedom', are sometimes sharper or easier t...