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2108.04638

A MEASURE ESTIMATE IN GEOMETRY OF NUMBERS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO DIRICHLET’S THEOREM

Dmitry Kleinbock, Andreas Strömbergsson, Shucheng Yu

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math.DS
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Sep 28, 2025, 12:56 AM

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The paper proves a weighted zero–one law (Theorem 1.2) with the exact summation criterion Σ k^{-1} Fψ(k)^{κd} log^{λd}(1/Fψ(k)) and an additional quasi-independence condition (1.11) in the divergence case, and supplies the key asymptotic measure estimate µd(Δ̃r) ≍ r^{κd} log^{λd}(1/r) (Theorem 5.1) needed for the Borel–Cantelli analysis; see Theorem 1.2 and surrounding discussion, and Theorem 5.1 on thickened targets . The model’s blueprint mirrors the dynamical strategy but claims the necessary volume asymptotics were not available and labels the problem “likely open”; this is contradicted by the paper’s explicit construction and asymptotics, together with effective equidistribution and doubly mixing to handle dependence (equations (1.14), (1.15)) .

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\textbf{Recommendation:} no revision

\textbf{Journal Tier:} top field-leading

\textbf{Justification:}

The manuscript delivers a definitive weighted zero–one law for uniform Dirichlet improvement in general dimensions by combining a new sharp measure estimate near the critical locus in the space of lattices with effective equidistribution and mixing. The asymptotics for thickened targets are nontrivial and of independent interest. The approach is robust, and the presentation is careful and well-structured. These results significantly advance the metric theory of Diophantine approximation in the uniform regime.