Abstract:
For every algebraic number $\alpha$ of degree $n\geqslant3$ there exist effective positive constants $a$ and $C$ such that for any rational integers $q>0$ and $p$ we have
$$
\biggl|\alpha-\frac pq\biggr|>Cq^{a-n}.
$$
We also derive an effective boundary of the type $C_1m^{a_1}$ for the solutions of the Diophantine equation $f(x,y)=m$, where $f$ is a form of degree $\geqslant3$.