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The Cassels heights of cyclotomic integers

Number Theory 2020-07-02 v1

Abstract

We study the set C\mathscr C of mean square values of the moduli of the conjugates of cyclotomic integers β\beta. For its kkth derived set C(k)\mathscr C^{(k)}, we show that C(k)=(k+1)C(k0)\mathscr C^{(k)}=(k+1)\mathscr C\,\, (k\ge 0), so that also C(k)+C()=C(k++1)(k,0){\mathscr C}^{(k)}+{\mathscr C}^{(\ell)}={\mathscr C}^{(k+\ell+1)}\,\,(k,\ell\ge 0). We also calculate the order type of C\mathscr C, and show that it is the same as that of the set of PV numbers. Furthermore, we describe precisely the restricted set Cp\mathscr C_p where the β\beta are confined to the ring Z[ωp]\mathbb Z[\omega_p], where pp is an odd prime and ωp\omega_p is a primitive ppth root of unity. In order to do this, we prove that both of the quadratic polynomials a2+ab+b2+c2+a+b+ca^2+ab+b^2+c^2+a+b+c and a2+b2+c2+ab+bc+ca+a+b+ca^2+b^2+c^2+ab+bc+ca+a+b+c are universal.

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@article{arxiv.2007.00270,
  title  = {The Cassels heights of cyclotomic integers},
  author = {James McKee and Byeong-Kweon Oh and Chris Smyth},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.00270},
  year   = {2020}
}

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