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Ultrametric logarithm laws, II

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We prove positive characteristic versions of the logarithm laws of Sullivan and Kleinbock–Margulis and obtain related results in metric diophantine approximation.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois, 1409 W. Green Street, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA

    J. S. Athreya

  2. School of Mathematics, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK

    Anish Ghosh

  3. The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Taramani, Chennai, 600113, India

    Amritanshu Prasad

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Athreya was partially supported by an NSF postdoctoral fellowship DMS 0603636 and NSF Grant 1069153. Ghosh was partially supported by an EPSRC Grant.

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Athreya, J.S., Ghosh, A. & Prasad, A. Ultrametric logarithm laws, II. Monatsh Math 167, 333–356 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00605-012-0376-y

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