The Mahler measure for arbitrary tori (Q2316165)

Let \(a_1,\dots,a_n>0\). Then, the \((a_1,\dots,a_n)\)-Mahler measure of a nonzero rational function \(P \in {\mathbb C}(x_1,\dots,x_n)\) is defined by \[m_{a_1,\dots,a_n}(P)=\frac{1}{(2\pi i)^n} \int_{{\mathbb T}_{a_1} \times \dots \times {\mathbb T}_{a_n}} \log |P(x_1,\dots,x_n)| \frac{dx_1}{x_1} \dots \frac{dx_n}{x_n},\] where \({\mathbb T}_a\) is the circle \(|x|=a\). In Theorem 2, the authors compute the value of \[m_{a,a}(y^2+2xy-x^3+x)\] for some \(a>0\). In particular, they find that it is \(\log a\) for \(0 < a \leq \frac{-3+\sqrt {13}}{2}\) and \(3\log a\) for \(a \geq \frac{3+\sqrt {13}}{2}\). They also evaluate \[m_{a^2,a}((1+x)(1+y)(x+y)+2xy)\] in the range \[\sqrt{\frac{1+\sqrt{5}-\sqrt{2\sqrt{5}+2}}{2}} \leq a \leq \sqrt{\frac{1+\sqrt{5}+\sqrt{2\sqrt{5}+2}}{2}}.\]