Baker lower bound for a homogeneous linear form in logarithms Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
Choose logarithms of nonzero algebraic numbers , putand choose large enough to bound the naive polynomial height of the minimal polynomial of and . After relabelling the terms if useful, setThere is an effectively computable constant , depending only on and the degree of the number field generated by the , such that
The division by is the useful refinement over the general lower bound for a linear form in logarithms when one algebraic number has a large height correlated with a coefficient.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2025 iii Paper 166 1 a Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
For the general result, choose logarithms of nonzero algebraic numbers and algebraic coefficients , and putLetwhere is the minimal polynomial and its is the naive polynomial height, and letThe general lower bound for a linear form in logarithms states that, if , thenwhere the effective constant depends only on and the degree of the number field generated by all the data.