The monic integer transfinite diameter

DOI10.1090/S0025-5718-06-01843-6zbMATH Open1110.11010arXivmath/0507302OpenAlexW3103295634MaRDI QIDQ3420243FDOQ3420243

Authors: Kevin G. Hare, Chris Smyth 

Publication date: 1 February 2007

Published in: Mathematics of Computation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the problem of finding nonconstant monic integer polynomials, normalized by their degree, with small supremum on an interval I. The monic integer transfinite diameter t_M(I) is defined as the infimum of all such supremums. We show that if I has length 1 then t_M(I) = 1/2. We make three general conjectures relating to the value of t_M(I) for intervals I of length less that 4. We also conjecture a value for t_M([0, b]) where 0 < b < 1. We give some partial results, as well as computational evidence, to support these conjectures. We define two functions that measure properties of the lengths of intervals I with t_M(I) on either side of t. Upper and lower bounds are given for these functions. We also consider the problem of determining t_M(I) when I is a Farey interval. We prove that a conjecture of Borwein, Pinner and Pritsker concerning this value is true for an infinite family of Farey intervals.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0507302

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zbMATH Keywords

Chebyshev polynomialsmonic integer transfinite diameter

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Polynomials in number theory (11C08) Polynomials and rational functions of one complex variable (30C10)

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