Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2025/iii/paper-166/1/b/solution

Put . It is nonzero by unique prime factorization. If or , the claimed inequality follows immediately after increasing the effective constant. We may therefore assume
which implies .
The Baker lower bound for a homogeneous linear form in logarithms, with the fixed algebraic numbers and , gives
for an effective absolute constant . If , the desired conclusion is again immediate. Otherwise, the mean value theorem applied to the exponential function on gives . Hence
Absorbing the fixed factor into a larger exponent proves .
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