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Publications (35)

math.NT2021

A height gap theorem for coefficients of Mahler functions

Boris Adamczewski, Jason Bell, Daniel Smertnig

We study the asymptotic growth of coefficients of Mahler power series with algebraic coefficients, as measured by their logarithmic Weil height. We show that there are five differe…

math.NT2023

Relations algébriques entre valeurs de E-fonctions ou de M-fonctions

Boris Adamczewski, Colin Faverjon

We prove that all algebraic relations over between values of Siegel's -functions at some non-zero algebraic point have a functional source, in that they c…

math.NT2018

Mahler's method in several variables I: The theory of regular singular systems

Boris Adamczewski, Colin Faverjon

This is the first part of a work devoted to the study of linear Mahler systems in several variables from the perspective of transcendence and algebraic independence. We prove two m…

math.NT2017

On the computational complexity of algebraic numbers: the Hartmanis--Stearns problem revisited

Boris Adamczewski, Julien Cassaigne, Marion Le Gonidec

We consider the complexity of integer base expansions of algebraic irrational numbers from a computational point of view. We show that the Hartmanis--Stearns problem can be solved…

math.NT2020

Algebraic independence and linear difference equations

Boris Adamczewski, Thomas Dreyfus, Charlotte Hardouin +1

We consider pairs of automorphisms acting on fields of Laurent or Puiseux series: pairs of shift operators , of -di…

math.NT2012

On the expansion of some exponential periods in an integer base

Boris Adamczewski

We derive a lower bound for the subword complexity of the base- expansion () of all real numbers whose irrationality exponent is equal to 2. This provides a generalizat…

math.NT2012

On vanishing coefficients of algebraic power series over fields of positive characteristic

Boris Adamczewski, Jason P. Bell

Let be a field of characteristic and let be a power series in variables with coefficients in that is algebraic over the field of multivariate rat…

math.NT2005

On the Littlewood conjecture in fields of power series

Boris Adamczewski, Yann Bugeaud

Let $\k$ be an arbitrary field. For any fixed badly approximable power series in $\k((X^{-1}))$, we give an explicit construction of continuum many badly approximable power se…

math.NT2013

The many faces of the Kempner number

Boris Adamczewski

In this survey, we present five different proofs for the transcendence of Kempner's number, defined by the infinite series . We take the oppo…

math.NT2022

A new proof of Nishioka's theorem in Mahler's method

Boris Adamczewski, Colin Faverjon

In a recent work [3], the authors established new results about general linear Mahler systems in several variables from the perspective of transcendental number theory, such as a m…

math.NT2016

Méthode de Mahler, transcendance et relations linéaires : aspects effectifs

Boris Adamczewski, Colin Faverjon

This note deals with some effective results in Mahler's method. In a recent work, we used a theorem of Philippon to show that given a Mahler function in , wher…

math.NT2010

Rational numbers with purely periodic -expansion

Boris Adamczewski, Christiane Frougny, Anne Siegel +1

We study real numbers with the curious property that the -expansion of all sufficiently small positive rational numbers is purely periodic. It is known that such real numb…

math.NT2005

Palindromic continued fractions

Boris Adamczewski, Yann Bugeaud

In the present work, we investigate real numbers whose sequence of partial quotients enjoys some combinatorial properties involving the notion of palindrome. We provide three new t…

math.NT2020

Mahler's method in several variables and finite automata

Boris Adamczewski, Colin Faverjon

We develop a theory of linear Mahler systems in several variables from the perspective of transcendence and algebraic independence, which also includes the possibility of dealing w…

math.NT2018

Mahler's method in several variables II: Applications to base change problems and finite automata

Boris Adamczewski, Colin Faverjon

This is the second part of a work devoted to the study of linear Mahler systems in several variables from the perspective of transcendence and algebraic independence. From the lift…

math.NT2006

Diophantine properties of real numbers generated by finite automata

Boris Adamczewski, Julien Cassaigne

We study some diophantine properties of automatic real numbers and we present a method to derive irrationality measures for such numbers. As a consequence, we prove that the -ad…

math.NT2005

On the Littlewood conjecture in simultaneous Diophantine approximation

Boris Adamczewski, Yann Bugeaud

For any given real number with bounded partial quotients, we construct explicitly continuum many real numbers with bounded partial quotients for which the pair

math.NT2019

A note on Christol's theorem

Boris Adamczewski, Reem Yassawi

Christol's theorem characterises algebraic power series over finite fields in terms of finite automata. In a recent article, Bridy develops a new proof of Christol's theorem by Spe…

math.CO2017

Congruences modulo cyclotomic polynomials and algebraic independence for -series

Boris Adamczewski, Jason P. Bell, Éric Delaygue +1

We prove congruence relations modulo cyclotomic polynomials for multisums of -factorial ratios, therefore generalizing many well-known -Lucas congruences. Such congruences co…

math.NT2026

A Liouville-Type Inequality for Values of Mahler M-Functions

Boris Adamczewski, Colin Faverjon

We establish a Liouville-type inequality for the values, at a common nonzero algebraic point, of arbitrary Mahler Mq-functions. As an application, we prove that no such value is a…

math.NT2005

On the complexity of algebraic numbers II. Continued fractions

Boris Adamczewski, Yann Bugeaud

The continued fraction expansion of an irrational number is eventually periodic if and only if is a quadratic irrationality. However, very little is known regarding the s…

math.CO2022

Bracket words: a generalisation of Sturmian words arising from generalised polynomials

Boris Adamczewski, Jakub Konieczny

Generalised polynomials are maps constructed by applying the floor function, addition, and multiplication to polynomials. Despite superficial similarity, generalised polynomials ex…

math.NT2012

Diagonalization and Rationalization of algebraic Laurent series

Boris Adamczewski, Jason P. Bell

We prove a quantitative version of a result of Furstenberg and Deligne stating that the the diagonal of a multivariate algebraic power series with coefficients in a field of positi…

math.NT2005

Continued fractions and transcendental numbers

Boris Adamczewski, Yann Bugeaud, Les J. L. Davison

It is widely believed that the continued fraction expansion of every irrational algebraic number either is eventually periodic (and we know that this is the case if and only i…

math.NT2017

Exceptional values of E-functions at algebraic points

Boris Adamczewski, Tanguy Rivoal

E-functions are entire functions with algebraic Taylor coefficients satisfying certain arithmetic conditions, and which are also solutions of linear differential equations with rat…

math.NT2013

A problem around Mahler functions

Boris Adamczewski, Jason P. Bell

Let be a field of characteristic zero and and be two multiplicatively independent positive integers. We prove the following result that was conjectured by Loxton and va…

math.NT2025

Algebraic Independence Measures for Values of E-functions and M-functions

Colin Faverjon, Boris Adamczewski

In this article, we establish a Liouville-type inequality for polynomials evaluated at the values of arbitrary Siegel E-functions at non-zero algebraic points. Additionally, we pro…

cs.SC2026

Diagonals and algebraicity modulo : a sharper degree bound

Boris Adamczewski, Alin Bostan, Xavier Caruso

In 1984, Deligne proved that for any prime number , the reduction modulo of the diagonal of a multivariate algebraic power series with integer coefficients is algebraic over…

math.CO2024

Addendum to: Mahler's method in several variables and finite automata

Colin Faverjon, Boris Adamczewski

This note is an addendum to the paper ''Mahler's method in several variables and finite automata''. It strengthens part (i) of Theorem 1.1 of the aforementioned paper.

math.NT2020

Hypertranscendence and linear difference equations

Boris Adamczewski, Thomas Dreyfus, Charlotte Hardouin

After Hölder proved his classical theorem about the Gamma function, there has been a whole bunch of results showing that solutions to linear difference equations tend to be hypert…

math.NT2005

On the complexity of algebraic number I. Expansions in integer bases

Boris Adamczewski, Yann Bugeaud

Let be an integer. We prove that the -adic expansion of every irrational algebraic number cannot have low complexity. Furthermore, we establish that irrational morphic…

math.NT2023

A sharper multivariate Christol's theorem with applications to diagonals and Hadamard products

Boris Adamczewski, Alin Bostan, Xavier Caruso

We provide a new proof of the multivariate version of Christol's theorem about algebraic power series with coefficients in finite fields, as well as of its extension to perfect gro…

math.NT2021

(Logarithmic) densities for automatic sequences along primes and squares

Boris Adamczewski, Michael Drmota, Clemens Müllner

In this paper we develop a method to transfer density results for primitive automatic sequences to logarithmic-density results for general automatic sequences. As an application we…

math.NT2005

On the Maillet--Baker continued fractions

Boris Adamczewski, Yann Bugeaud

We use the Schmidt Subspace Theorem to establish the transcendence of a class of quasi-periodic continued fractions. This improves earlier works of Maillet and of A. Baker. We also…

math.NT2016

Méthode de Mahler: relations linéaires, transcendance et applications aux nombres automatiques

Boris Adamczewski, Colin Faverjon

This paper is concerned with Mahler's method. We study in detail the structure of linear relations between values of Mahler functions at algebraic points. In particular, given a fi…