Slicing the stars: counting algebraic numbers, integers, and units by degree and height

DOI10.2140/ANT.2017.11.1385MaRDI QIDQ2399261zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Robert Grizzard, Joseph Gunther

Publication date 22 August 2017

Published in Algebra \& Number Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.08720

zbMATH Keywords

arithmetic statisticsgeometry of numbersheightMahler measure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Heights (11G50) Nonconvex bodies (11H16) Asymptotic results on counting functions for algebraic and topological structures (11N45) Lattice points in specified regions (11P21) Algebraic numbers; rings of algebraic integers (11R04) PV-numbers and generalizations; other special algebraic numbers; Mahler measure (11R06)

Abstract: Masser and Vaaler have given an asymptotic formula for the number of algebraic numbers of given degree $d$ and increasing height. This problem was solved by counting lattice points (which correspond to minimal polynomials over $mathbbZ$) in a homogeneously expanding star body in $mathbb{R}^{d+1}$. The volume of this star body was computed by Chern and Vaaler, who also computed the volume of the codimension-one "slice" corresponding to monic polynomials -- this led to results of Barroero on counting algebraic integers. We show how to estimate the volume of higher-codimension slices, which allows us to count units, algebraic integers of given norm, trace, norm and trace, and more. We also refine the lattice point-counting arguments of Chern-Vaaler to obtain explicit error terms with better power savings, which lead to explicit versions of some results of Masser-Vaaler and Barroero.

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