Siegel’s lemma

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Siegel’s lemma is a result in number theory that guarantees the existence of small-height integer solutions to systems of linear equations with integer coefficients.

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instanceOf lemma in number theory
appearsIn Carl Ludwig Siegel’s work on Diophantine equations
appliesTo linear forms over number fields (in generalized versions)
assumes homogeneous linear equations
integer coefficient matrix
category results on small solutions of linear systems
concerns integer solutions of linear equations
systems of linear equations with integer coefficients
concludes existence of a nonzero integer vector in the kernel
context Diophantine geometry NERFINISHED
arithmetic geometry
field number theory
formalizes existence of short integer relations among vectors
generalizationOf earlier results in geometry of numbers on small solutions
guaranteesExistenceOf nontrivial integer solutions of homogeneous linear systems
small-height integer solutions
hasVariant Bombieri–Vaaler version of Siegel’s lemma NERFINISHED
absolute Siegel’s lemma NERFINISHED
p-adic Siegel’s lemma NERFINISHED
influenced development of effective Diophantine methods
involvesConcept bounds on solutions in terms of coefficients
height of an integer vector
isToolFor bounding heights in projective space
constructing small-height bases of lattices
namedAfter Carl Ludwig Siegel NERFINISHED
oftenExtendedTo number fields
oftenFormulatedOver rational numbers
provides upper bounds on the size of integer solutions
relatedTo Minkowski’s theorem NERFINISHED
Subspace theorem NERFINISHED
Thue–Siegel–Roth theorem NERFINISHED
standardReference Bombieri and Gubler’s Heights in Diophantine Geometry NERFINISHED
Cassels’ An Introduction to Diophantine Approximation NERFINISHED
Serge Lang’s books on Diophantine approximation NERFINISHED
status classical result in number theory
subfield Diophantine approximation
geometry of numbers
typicalBoundDependsOn maximal absolute value of coefficients GENERATED
number of equations GENERATED
number of variables GENERATED
typicalSetting more variables than equations
usedBy theory of linear recurrences and relations
transcendence theory
usedIn bounds for solutions of Diophantine equations
proofs in Diophantine approximation
results on linear forms in logarithms

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Carl Ludwig Siegel notableWork Siegel’s lemma