Some New Applications of the Subspace Theorem

We present some applications of the Subspace Theorem to the investigation of the arithmetic of the values of Laurent series f(z) at S-unit points. For instance we prove that if f(q ⁿ ) is an algebraic integer for infinitely many n, then h(f(q ⁿ )) must grow faster than n. By similar principles, we also prove diophantine results about power sums and transcendency results for lacunary series; these include as very special cases classical theorems of Mahler. Our arguments often appear to be independent of previous techniques in the context.