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ON THE REMAK HEIGHT, THE MAHLER MEASURE AND CONJUGATE SETS OF ALGEBRAIC NUMBERS LYING ON TWO CIRCLES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

A. Dubickas
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Vilnius University, Naugarduko 24, Vilnius 2006, LT ([email protected])
C. J. Smyth
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Edinburgh University, James Clerk Maxwell Building, King’s Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, UK ([email protected])
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Abstract

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We define a new height function $\mathcal{R}(\alpha)$, the Remak height of an algebraic number $\alpha$. We give sharp upper and lower bounds for $\mathcal{R}(\alpha)$ in terms of the classical Mahler measure $M(\alpha)$. Study of when one of these bounds is exact leads us to consideration of conjugate sets of algebraic numbers of norm $\pm 1$ lying on two circles centred at 0. We give a complete characterization of such conjugate sets. They turn out to be of two types: one related to certain cubic algebraic numbers, and the other related to a non-integer generalization of Salem numbers which we call extended Salem numbers.

AMS 2000 Mathematics subject classification: Primary 11R06

Type
Research Article
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Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 2001