
This paper aims to show two things. Firstly the importance of Alan Baker's work on linear forms in logarithms for the development of the theory of exponential Diophantine equations. Secondly how this theory is the culmination of a series of greater and smaller discoveries.
Alan Baker, exponential Diophantine equations, [MATH] Mathematics [math], linear forms in logarithms, [MATH]Mathematics [math], [MATH.MATH-NT]Mathematics [math]/Number Theory [math.NT], [MATH.MATH-NT] Mathematics [math]/Number Theory [math.NT]
Alan Baker, exponential Diophantine equations, [MATH] Mathematics [math], linear forms in logarithms, [MATH]Mathematics [math], [MATH.MATH-NT]Mathematics [math]/Number Theory [math.NT], [MATH.MATH-NT] Mathematics [math]/Number Theory [math.NT]
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