Table of Contents

Preface; 1. The origins; 2. Linear forms in logarithms; 3. Lower bounds for linear forms; 4. Diophantine equations; 5. Class numbers of imaginary quadratic fields; 6. Elliptic functions; 7. Rational approximations to algebraic numbers; 8. Mahler's classification; 9. Metrical theory; 10. The exponential function; 11. The Siegel-Shidlovsky theorems; 12. Algebraic independence; Bibliography; Original papers; Further publications; New developments; Index.

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An update of the classic book giving a systematic account of transcendental number theory.