Two new points in the spectrum of the absolute Mahler measure of totally positive algebraic integers
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For totally positive algebraic integers α 6= 0, 1 of degree d(α), we consider the set L of values of M(α) 1 d(α) = Ω(α), where M(α) is the Mahler measure of α. C. J. Smyth has found the four smallest values of L and conjectured that the fifth point is Ω((2 cos 2π 60 )2). We prove that this is so and, moreover, we give the sixth point of L.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Math. Comput.
دوره 65 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1996