Abstract

Proposition 3.2 and Lemma 3.3 prove the one-variable and multivariable good-function estimates inherited by Bernik–Kleinbock–Margulis.

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Bounded trajectories of quasi-rays

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  • Proposition 3.2 and Lemma 3.3 · source pp. 6–9Proves the one-variable polynomial-good estimate and the multivariable induction used in Bernik–Kleinbock–Margulis Lemma 3.2.

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Dmitry Kleinbock, G. A. Margulis. Flows on homogeneous spaces and Diophantine approximation on manifolds. Annals of Mathematics 148(1), 339–360 (1998). Reviewed form: arXiv:math/9810036v1.

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01Statements2 reported findingsCorrect

The strong-extremality theorem for nondegenerate manifolds and its metric Diophantine consequences are correct.

Theorem ACorrect

Nondegenerate manifolds are strongly extremal

Pages 3--17 · Theorem A, its reduction, and proof of Proposition 2.3 · arXiv:math/9810036v1

Very-well multiplicative approximation produces a multiparameter diagonal orbit with shortest-vector function decaying exponentially in total time. At a nondegenerate parameter point, finite-order derivatives make every relevant linear combination uniformly good, while the exterior-power lower bounds prevent a primitive subgroup from remaining uniformly small. Quantitative nondivergence then gives exponentially summable exceptional-set measures, and Borel--Cantelli proves strong extremality.

Theorem BCorrect

The convergence Khintchine-type conclusion has the stated range

Pages 17--18 · Theorem B and its deduction from quantitative nondivergence · arXiv:math/9810036v1

The decreasing approximation function is grouped into dyadic height blocks. The theorem's series condition makes the corresponding quantitative-nondivergence bounds summable. Nondegeneracy supplies the same uniform goodness and subgroup lower bounds as in Theorem A, so almost every parameter belongs to only finitely many approximation blocks.

02Proofs2 reported findingsCorrect

The lattice correspondence, good-function estimates, quantitative nondivergence theorem, and Borel--Cantelli summations are correct and complete.

Section 2Correct and complete

The multiplicative approximation-to-cusp reduction has the correct exponent

Pages 4--5 · Lemma 2.1, Corollary 2.2, and Proposition 2.3 · arXiv:math/9810036v1

Choosing r=Π+(q)ε/(n+1)r=\Pi_+(\mathbf q)^{-\varepsilon/(n+1)} and qi+=reti|q_i|_+=re^{t_i} gives Π+(q)=rnet\Pi_+(\mathbf q)=r^ne^t and hence both the linear-form and coordinate components are at most rr. Eliminating Π+(q)\Pi_+(\mathbf q) gives the positive exponential rate ε/(n+1+nε)\varepsilon/(n+1+n\varepsilon). Rounding the times changes the shortest-vector bound by only a fixed factor.

Sections 3--5Correct and complete

Quantitative nondivergence covers every primitive subgroup

Pages 6--17 · good functions and Theorem 5.2 · arXiv:math/9810036v1

Finite-order nondegeneracy gives a uniform sublevel exponent for every real linear combination of 1,f1,,fn1,f_1,\ldots,f_n. The marked-point induction controls all ranks of primitive subgroups, not only short vectors, and the lower-bound hypothesis is verified using the nonvanishing derivative span. Substituting an exponentially small threshold yields the summable estimate used in the main proof.

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