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THE MAHLER MEASURE OF POLYNOMIALS WITH ODD COEFFICIENTS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2004

PETER BORWEIN
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6, [email protected]
KEVIN G. HARE
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, [email protected]
MICHAEL J. MOSSINGHOFF
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Davidson College, Davidson, NC 28035, [email protected]
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Abstract

The minimum value of the Mahler measure of a nonreciprocal polynomial whose coefficients are all odd integers is proved here to be the golden ratio. The smallest measures of reciprocal polynomials with $\pm1$ coefficients and degree at most 72 are also determined.

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© The London Mathematical Society 2004

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