The unit equation and the cluster principle

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Institute for Advanced Study, Olden Lane, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, U.S.A.
Department of Mathematics, Fordham University, Bronx, New York 10458, U.S.A.
Department of Mathematics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, U.S.A.

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