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Bass Note Spectra of Binary Forms

Number Theory 2024-05-17 v1 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

We show that the spectrum of every R\mathbb{R}-isotropic homogeneous binary form PP of degree n3n\geq3 is an interval of the form [0,MP],[0,M_P], where MPM_P is some positive constant. This completes the discussion around a conjecture of Mordell from 1940 (disproved by Davenport) regarding the existence of spectral gaps for binary cubic forms and further settles Mahler's program for binary forms of every degree.

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@article{arxiv.2405.10252,
  title  = {Bass Note Spectra of Binary Forms},
  author = {Giorgos Kotsovolis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.10252},
  year   = {2024}
}

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38 pages

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