The Mahler measure for arbitrary tori

关于马勒不等式与全复代数数域的小整生成元

On Mahler's inequality and small integral generators of totally complex number fields

本文针对复首一多项式改进马勒测度下界，将判别式指数从 1/(2d-2) 提升至 1/(2d-3) 并证明其精确性，进而推广 Ruppert 的观察，改进全复代数数域整生成元的下界。

Mahler Measure for a Quiver Symphony

Adopting the Mahler measure from number theory, we introduce it to toric quiver gauge theories, and study some of its salient features and physical implications. We propose that the Mahler measure is a universal measure for the quiver, encoding its dynamics with the monotonic behaviour along a so-called Mahler flow including two special points at isoradial and tropical limits. Along the flow, the amoeba, from tropical geometry, provides geometric interpretations for the dynamics of the quiver. In the isoradial limit, the maximization of Mahler measure is shown to be equivalent to $a$-maximizat…

Mahler measure of $P_d$ polynomials

This article investigates the Mahler measure of a family of 2-variate polynomials, denoted by $P_d, d\geq 1$, unbounded in both degree and genus. By using a closed formula for the Mahler measure introduced in "Volume function and Mahler measure of exact polynomials" (by Guilloux and Marché), we are able to compute $m(P_d)$, for arbitrary $d$, as a sum of the values of dilogarithm at special roots of unity. We prove that $m(P_d)$ converges and the limit is proportional to $ζ(3)$, where $ζ$ is the Riemann zeta function.

Continued fractions of certain Mahler functions

We investigate the continued fraction expansion of the infinite products $g(x) = x^{-1}\prod_{t=0}^\infty P(x^{-d^t})$ where polynomials $P(x)$ satisfy $P(0)=1$ and $°(P)<d$. We construct relations between partial quotients of $g(x)$ which can be used to get recurrent formulae for them. We provide that formulae for the cases $d=2$ and $d=3$. As an application, we prove that for $P(x) = 1+ux$ where $u$ is an arbitrary rational number except 0 and 1, and for any integer $b$ with $|b|>1$ such that $g(b)\neq0$ the irrationality exponent of $g(b)$ equals two. In the case $d=3$ we provide a partial …

Chevalley's ambiguous class number formula for an arbitrary torus

This version is a significant improvement of the original paper. It includes a new section where we discuss norm tori in some detail. The new abstract is the following: In this paper we obtain Chevalley's ambiguous class number formula for an arbitrary torus T over a global field. The classical formula of C.Chevalley may be recovered by setting T=G_{m} in our formula. As an illustration of the general result, we discuss norm tori in detail. A key ingredient of the proof of our main theorem is the work of X.Xarles on groups of components of Neron-Raynaud models of tori.