A necessary and sufficient condition for an algebraic integer to be a Salem number

DOI10.5802/JTNB.1076MaRDI QIDQ2199496zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Dragan Stankov

Publication date 11 September 2020

Published in Journal de Théorie des Nombres de Bordeaux (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.01767

zbMATH Keywords

Salem numbersspecial algebraic numbersreciprocal polynomials

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PV-numbers and generalizations; other special algebraic numbers; Mahler measure (11R06) Polynomials in real and complex fields: location of zeros (algebraic theorems) (12D10)

Abstract: We present a necessary and sufficient condition for a root greater than unity of a monic reciprocal polynomial of an even degree at least four, with integer coefficients, to be a Salem number. We determine the probability of fulfillment the condition for an arbitrary power of the root.

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