Bombieri's norm versus Mahler's measure (Q1129869)

Factorization algorithms for polynomials \(P\) with integer coefficients and one complex variable use an a priori bound on the size of the coefficients in any factor of \(P\). A first bound of this type uses Mahler's measure and can be sharpened using Bombieri's norm. This leads to the natural question: for which polynomials \(P\) is Bombieri's norm smaller than Mahler's measure? We give an answer, in terms of the localization of the roots of \(P\) in the form of an explicit inequality involving the number of roots inside the closed disk of center \(0\) and radius \(0<\alpha<1\) and the number of roots outside the closed disk of center \(0\) and radius \(1<\beta\).