Arithmetic hyperbolic surface bundles.
Let be a rationally connected algebraic variety, defined over a number field We find a relation between the arithmetic of rational points on and the arithmetic of zero-cycles. More precisely, we consider the following statements: (1) the Brauer-Manin obstruction is the only obstruction to weak approximation for -rational points on for all finite extensions (2) the Brauer-Manin obstruction is the only obstruction to weak approximation in some sense that we define for zero-cycles of degree...
We give a survey of methods used to connect the study of ternary diophantine equations to modern techniques coming from the theory of modular forms.
A general hypergeometric construction of linear forms in (odd) zeta values is presented. The construction allows to recover the records of Rhin and Viola for the irrationality measures of and , as well as to explain Rivoal’s recent result on infiniteness of irrational numbers in the set of odd zeta values, and to prove that at least one of the four numbers , , , and is irrational.
Let be an order in an algebraic number field. If is a principal order, then many explicit results on its arithmetic are available. Among others, is half-factorial if and only if the class group of has at most two elements. Much less is known for non-principal orders. Using a new semigroup theoretical approach, we study half-factoriality and further arithmetical properties for non-principal orders in algebraic number fields.
We find a generator of the function field on the modular curve X₁(4) by means of classical theta functions θ₂ and θ₃, and estimate the normalized generator which becomes the Thompson series of type 4C. With these modular functions we investigate some number theoretic properties.