On rational approximations of the exponential function at rational points

A Conjecture on Rational Approximations to Rational Points

In this paper, we examine how well a rational point P on an algebraic variety X can be approximated by other rational points. We conjecture that if P lies on a rational curve, then the best approximations to P on X can be chosen to lie along a rational curve. We prove this conjecture for a wide range of examples, and for a great many more examples we deduce our conjecture from Vojta’s Main Conj...

Rational Interpolation of the Exponential Function

Let m, n be nonnegative integers and a<m+n) be a set of m + n + 1 real in~lation points (not necessarily distinct). Let Rm.n = P m.n / Qm.n be the unique rational function with degPm.n ::; m, deg Qm,n :$n, that in~lates e'" in the points of a<nr+n). Ifm = mv, n = nv with mv + nv --+ 00, and mv /nv --+ A as v --+ 00, and the sets a<nr+n) are uniformly bounded, we show that Pm.n(z) --+ ~/(l+)'), ...

Distribution of Rational Points: A Survey

Points on y = x2 at rational distance

Nathaniel Dean asks the following: Is it possible to find four nonconcyclic points on the parabola y = x2 such that each of the six distances between pairs of points is rational? We demonstrate that there is a correspondence between all rational points satisfying this condition and orbits under a particular group action of rational points on a fiber product of (three copies of) an elliptic surf...

Counting rational points on a certain exponential-algebraic surface

We study the distribution of rational points on a certain exponential-algebraic surface andwe prove, for this surface, a conjecture of A. J. Wilkie. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 11G99, 03C64