Seshadri constants, Diophantine approximation, and Roth's Theorem for arbitrary varieties

Abstract

In this paper, we associate an invariant ${\alpha }_x(L)$ to an algebraic point $x$ on an algebraic variety $X$ with an ample line bundle $L$. The invariant $\alpha$ measures how well $x$ can be approximated by rational points on $X$, with respect to the height function associated to $L$. We show that this invariant is closely related to the Seshadri constant ${\epsilon }_x(L)$ measuring local positivity of $L$ at $x$, and in particular that Roth's theorem on ${\mathbf{P}}^1$ generalizes as an inequality between these two invariants valid for arbitrary projective varieties.

55 pages, published version

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