Lang's conjecture on lower bounds for linear forms in logarithms

Let ϵ>0\epsilon>0. For rational positive numbers a1,,ana_1,\dots,a_n and integers b1,,bnb_1,\dots,b_n, define

Bj=max{bj,1},Aj=max{eh(aj),1},B=max1jnBj.B_j=\max\{|b_j|,1\},\qquad A_j=\max\{\mathrm e^{\mathrm h(a_j)},1\},\qquad B=\max_{1\le j\le n}B_j.

Assume that b1loga1++bnlogan0b_1\log a_1+\cdots+b_n\log a_n\ne0. Lang's conjecture. There exists a constant C(ϵ)>0C(\epsilon)>0 depending only on ϵ\epsilon such that

b1loga1++bnlogan>C(ϵ)nB(B1BnA12An2)1+ϵ.|b_1\log a_1+\cdots+b_n\log a_n|>\frac{C(\epsilon)^nB}{(B_1\cdots B_nA_1^2\cdots A_n^2)^{1+\epsilon}}.

This is a conjectural lower bound for nonzero linear forms in logarithms of rational numbers. In the paper it is discussed as an input that would yield stronger estimates for values of binomial forms; its resolution status is not established in the supplied text.

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Étienne Fouvry and Michel Waldschmidt, “Number of integers represented by families of binary forms II: binomial forms”, arXiv:2306.02462 (2023).

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