Dirichlet spectrum for one linear form

Abstract

For n ≥ 2, we determine the Dirichlet spectrum in R n with respect to a linear form and the maximum norm as the entire interval [0,1]. This natural result improves on recent work of Beresnevich, Guan, Marnat, Ramírez and Velani, and complements a subsequent paper by the author where the analogous result was proved for simultaneous approximation. Various generalisations that can be obtained by similar methods as in the latter paper are indicated. We believe that our results are an important step towards resolving the very open analogous problem for a general system of linear forms.