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Paul M. Voutier
Rational approximations to ${\@root 3 \of {2}}$ and other algebraic numbers revisited
Journal de théorie des nombres de Bordeaux, 19 no. 1 (2007), p. 263-288, doi: 10.5802/jtnb.586
Article PDF | Reviews MR 2332066 | Zbl 1120.11027

Résumé - Abstract

In this paper, we establish improved effective irrationality measures for certain numbers of the form $\@root 3 \of {n}$, using approximations obtained from hypergeometric functions. These results are very close to the best possible using this method. We are able to obtain these results by determining very precise arithmetic information about the denominators of the coefficients of these hypergeometric functions.

Improved bounds for the Chebyshev functions in arithmetic progressions $\theta (k,l;x)$ and $\psi (k,l;x)$ for $k=1,3,4,6$ are also presented.

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