On a conjecture by Boyd

DOI10.1142/S1793042110003174MaRDI QIDQ3566647zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Matilde Lalín

Publication date 8 June 2010

Published in International Journal of Number Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0908.1435

zbMATH Keywords

elliptic curveMahler measureregulatorelliptic dilogarithm

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Polynomials (irreducibility, etc.) (11R09) Étale cohomology, higher regulators, zeta and (L)-functions ((K)-theoretic aspects) (19F27)

Abstract: The aim of this note is to prove the Mahler measure identity $m(x+x^{-1}+y+y^{-1}+5)=6m(x+x^{-1}+y+y^{-1}+1)$ which was conjectured by Boyd. The proof is achieved by proving relationships between regulators of both curves.

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