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Transcendence measures for exponentials and logarithms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

Michel Waldschmidt
Michel Waldschmidt
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Université P. et M. Curie(Paris VI) Mathématiques, T. 45-46 4, Place Jussieu 75230 Paris Cedex 05, France
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In the present paper, we derive transcendence measures for the numbers log α, eβ, αβ, (log α1)/(log α2) from a previous lower bound of ours on linear forms in the logarithms of algebraic numbers.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 25 , Issue 4 , June 1978 , pp. 445 - 465
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1978

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