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Degree of independence of numbers

  • Jittinart Rattanamoong and Vichian Laohakosol EMAIL logo
Published/Copyright: June 8, 2021
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Abstract

A new concept of independence of real numbers, called degree independence, which contains those of linear and algebraic independences, is introduced. A sufficient criterion for such independence is established based on a 1988 result of Bundschuh, which in turn makes use of a generalization of Liouville’s estimate due to Feldman in 1968. Applications to numbers represented by Cantor series and product expansions are derived.

MSC 2010: 11J72; 11J81; 11J85
  1. Communicated by István Gaál

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Received: 2020-04-27
Accepted: 2020-08-06
Published Online: 2021-06-08
Published in Print: 2021-06-25

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