Roots of polynomials of bounded height

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For a positive integer \(H\) let \(V_H\) be the set of roots of polynomials \(P\) of height \(\leq H\) and \(P(0)\neq0\). If an algebraic unit \(u\) lies with all its conjugates in the annulus \(1/2<|z|<2\), then \(u\in V_1\), and the authors first (Theorem 1) give an example to show that this necessary condition is not sufficient. They prove then (Theorem 3) that the set of such examples is dense in that annulus. They show moreover (Theorem 2) that if \(p\) is a sufficiently large prime and \(\alpha\neq0\) is an algebraic number having at least one conjugate of modulus \(\neq1\), then for every \(p\)th primitive root of unity \(\zeta\) one has \(\zeta\alpha\notin V_H\). The next theorem (Theorem 4) states that if \(1/2\leq w<1\) and \(0\leq r\leq w/(1-w)\), then one can write \(r=\sum_{n=1}^\infty \delta_nw^n\) with \(\delta_n\in\{0,1\}\), and use this to show that the set of roots of polynomials with cyclotomic coefficients is dense in the annulus \(1/2\leq|z|\leq2\).











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