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Linear Mahler Measures and Double L-values of Modular Forms

Number Theory 2016-09-20 v4

Abstract

We consider the Mahler measure of the polynomial 1+x_1+x_2+x_3+x_4, which is the first case not yet evaluated explicitly. A conjecture due to F. Rodriguez-Villegas represents this Mahler measure as a special value at the point 4 of the L-function of a modular modular form of weight 3. We prove that this Mahler measure is equal to a linear combination of double L-values of certain meromorphic modular forms of weight 4.

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@article{arxiv.1206.1454,
  title  = {Linear Mahler Measures and Double L-values of Modular Forms},
  author = {Evgeny Shinder and Masha Vlasenko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1206.1454},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

Final version. Accepted to the Journal of Number Theory

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