PhD thesis, January 6, 1988, University of Leiden
Supervisor: professor dr. Robert Tijdeman
The version made available here is the original thesis version, scanned in as images.
The later CWI Tract version is also available as a pdf (3.1MB); this version is searchable.
Separate chapters:
Cover (33 KB)
Front matter (21 KB)
Contents (60 KB)
Chapter 1 - Introduction (666 KB)
Chapter 2 - Preliminaries (287 KB)
Chapter 3 - Algorithms for diophantine approximation (706 KB)
Chapter 4 - S-integral elements of binary recurrence sequences (681 KB)
Chapter 5 - The inequality 0 < x - y < yδ in S-integers (358 KB)
Chapter 6 - The equation x + y = z in S-integers (494 KB)
Chapter 7 - The sum of two S-units being a square (822 KB)
Chapter 8 - The Thue equation (550 KB)
References (231 KB)
Summary (in Dutch) (86 KB)
Curriculum Vitae (in Dutch) (35 KB)
Stellingen (in Dutch) (66 KB)
diploma (380 KB)
seal (328 KB)
cover image (80 KB)
In de tijd dat ik bezig was met mijn proefschrift schreef ik het volgende ollekebolleke:
Streef naar de hoogste eer! Onleesbaar proefschrift, en leuk zijn die stellingen niet in het minst. Straks moet er weer zo'n jong exdoctorandusje de boze wereld in: tel uit je winst.
