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We now give a detailed proof of the theorem of Baker, Birch and Wirsing introduced in the previous chapter. We present a somewhat modified version of their original proof by exploiting the properties of Dedekind determinants.
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Murty, M.R., Rath, P. (2014). The Baker–Birch–Wirsing Theorem. In: Transcendental Numbers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0832-5_23
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