Criteria of algebraic independence with multiplicities and interpolation determinants

We generalize Gel'fond's criterion of algebraic independence by taking into account the values of the derivatives of the polynomials, and show how the new criterion applies to proving results of algebraic independence using i nterpolation determinants. We also establish a new result of approximation of a transcendental number by algebraic numbers of bounded degree and size. It contains an earlier result of E. Wirsing and also a result announced by A. Durand.