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Quaternionic Mahler measure

Number Theory 2024-03-06 v1 Complex Variables

Abstract

We introduce the quaternionic Mahler measure for non-commutative polynomials, extending the classical complex Mahler measure. We establish the existence of quaternionic Mahler measure for slice regular polynomials in one and two variables. We study the quaternionic Mahler measure for real and slice regular polynomials, and consider the associated Lehmer problem. Various formulas of quaternionic Mahler measures are proved.

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@article{arxiv.2403.02851,
  title  = {Quaternionic Mahler measure},
  author = {Weijia Wang and Hao Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.02851},
  year   = {2024}
}
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