On algebraic numbers of small measure

DOI10.1007/BF02348822MaRDI QIDQ1925181zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Publication date 24 April 1997

Published in Lithuanian Mathematical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02348822

Mahler measure upper bound for the number of real zeros of an irreducible polynomial

Polynomials in number theory (11C08) Algebraic numbers; rings of algebraic integers (11R04) Polynomials in real and complex fields: location of zeros (algebraic theorems) (12D10)

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For a nonzero algebraic number \(\alpha\) of degree \(d\) and conjugates \(\alpha_1 = \alpha\), \(\alpha_2, \dots, \alpha_d\), denote by \(\house\alpha\) the maximum of the \(\alpha_i\)'s and by \(M(\alpha)\) its Mahler measure, i.e. the product \(q \prod^d_{i=1} \max \{1,|\alpha_i |\}\). It is shown that if \(\alpha\) is not a root of unity then for sufficiently large \(d\) one has \[ |\alpha-1 |> \exp \biggl(-(\pi/4 + \varepsilon) \bigl(d \log d \log M (\alpha) \bigr)^{1/2} \biggr) \] which improves a result of \textit{Y. Bugeaud}, \textit{M. Mignotte} and \textit{F. Normandin} [C. R. Acad. Sci., Paris, Sér. I 321, No. 5, 517-522 (1995; Zbl 0848.11047)] who had \((2/3)^{1/2}\) in place of \(\pi/4\). Moreover an upper bound for the number of real zeros of an irreducible polynomial over \(\mathbb{Z}\) is obtained in terms of the Mahler measure of its root and this is used to obtain for sufficiently large and all totally real \(\alpha\) of degree \(d\) and not of the form \(2\cos (\pi r)\) with rational \(r\) the inequality \[ \house\alpha > 2+3.8 {\log \log^3d \over d \log^4d}, \] which essentially improves a previous result of the author [Acta Arith. 63, 15-20 (1993; Zbl 0777.11039)].

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