The generalized Baker–Schmidt conjecture for simultaneous approximation on nondegenerate manifolds

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Let ψ:N→R+\psi:\mathbb{N}\to\mathbb{R}^+ be a decreasing approximation function, and define

Sn(ψ):={x∈Rn: there exist infinitely many q∈Z such that max⁡1≤i≤n∥qxi∥<ψ(∣q∣)}.\mathscr{S}_n(\psi):=\{\mathbf{x}\in\mathbb{R}^n:\text{ there exist infinitely many }q\in\mathbb{Z}\text{ such that }\max_{1\le i\le n}\|qx_i\|<\psi(\lvert q\rvert)\}.

Here ∥⋅∥\|\cdot\| denotes distance to the nearest integer. Let kk be the codimension of an mm-dimensional submanifold M⊂Rn\mathcal{M}\subset\mathbb{R}^n, so k=n−mk=n-m, and suppose that M\mathcal{M} is non-degenerate everywhere except possibly on a set of zero Hausdorff ss-measure, with s>kk+1ms>\frac{k}{k+1}m. The generalized Baker–Schmidt conjecture for simultaneous approximation.

Hs(Sn(ψ)∩M)={0,∑q=1∞(ψ(q)q)s+kqn<∞,Hs(M),∑q=1∞(ψ(q)q)s+kqn=∞.\mathcal{H}^s(\mathscr{S}_n(\psi)\cap\mathcal{M})= \begin{cases} 0,&\displaystyle\sum_{q=1}^{\infty}\left(\frac{\psi(q)}{q}\right)^{s+k}q^n<\infty,\\ \mathcal{H}^s(\mathcal{M}),&\displaystyle\sum_{q=1}^{\infty}\left(\frac{\psi(q)}{q}\right)^{s+k}q^n=\infty. \end{cases}

This is one of the generalized Baker–Schmidt problems in metric Diophantine approximation; the supplied text presents it as a central conjecture and gives no resolution.

References

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Jing-Jing Huang, “The density of rational points near hypersurfaces”, arXiv:1711.01390 (2020).

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