Related papers: On Mahler's transcendence measure for $e$
Let $P\in \mathbb Z[X]\setminus\{0\}$ be of degree $\delta\ge 1$ and usual height $H\ge 1$, and let $\alpha\in \overline{\mathbb Q}^*$ be of degree $d\ge 2$. Mahler proved in 1931 the following transcendence measure for $e^\alpha$: for any…
For a given transcendental number $\xi$ and for any polynomial $P(X)=: \lambda_0+\cdots+\lambda_k X^k \in \mathbb{Z}[X]$, we know that $ P(\xi) \neq 0.$ Let $k \geq 1$ and $\omega (k, H)$ be the infimum of the numbers $r > 0$ satisfying the…
In this paper, we estimate the linear independence measures for the values of a class Mahler functions of degree one and two. For the purpose, we study the determinants of suitable Hermite-Pad\'{e} approximation polynomials. Based on the…
In this paper, we estimate the simultaneous approximation exponents of the values of certain Mahler functions. For this we construct Hermite-Pad\'{e} approximations of the functions under consideration, then apply the functional equations…
We give two tests for transcendence of Mahler functions. For our first, we introduce the notion of the eigenvalue $\lambda_F$ of a Mahler function $F(z)$, and develop a quick test for the transcendence of $F(z)$ over $\mathbb{C}(z)$, which…
We solve Lehmer's problem for a class of polynomials arising from Hermitian matrices over the Eisenstein and Gaussian integers, that is, we show that all such polynomials have Mahler measure at least Lehmer's number \tau_0 = 1.17628... .
We prove transcendence of the Hecke-Mahler series $\sum_{n=0}^\infty f(\lfloor n\theta+\alpha \rfloor) \beta^{-n}$, where $f(x) \in \mathbb{Z}[x]$ is a non-constant polynomial $\alpha$ is a real number, $\theta$ is an irrational real…
We consider a variation of the Mahler measure where the defining integral is performed over a more general torus. We focus our investigation on two particular polynomials related to certain elliptic curve $E$ and we establish new formulas…
Here we propose a survey on Mahler's theory for transcendence and algebraic independence focusing on certain applications to the arithmetic of periods of Anderson t-motives.
We review Hilbert's classical analytical proof of the transcendence of the number $\mathrm{e}$. Then, we show how this result can be obtained algebraically by means of formal power series (FPS). We give two proofs of the transcendence of…
In the present paper and as an application of Roth's theorem concerning the rational approximation of algebraic numbers, we give a sufficient condition that will assure us that a series of positive rational terms is a transcendental number.…
We prove that certain sequences of Laurent polynomials, obtained from a fixed Laurent polynomial P by monomial substitutions, give rise to sequences of Mahler measures which converge to the Mahler measure of P. This generalizes previous…
We solve a Lehmer-type question about the Mahler measure of integer-valued polynomials.
Carlitz proved a few generalizations of Mehler's formula. Later, Srivastava et al. gave a new proof for some extensions of Carlitz's formula. Here, a direct proof of the further generalization is given.
In this paper, we show the existence of a transcendental function $f\in\mathbb{Z}\{z\}$ with coefficients that are almost all bounded such that $f$ and all its derivatives assume algebraic values at algebraic points. Furthermore, we…
Let $f$ be an $E$-function (in Siegel's sense) not of the form $e^{\beta z}$, $\beta \in \overline{\mathbb{Q}}$, and let $\log$ denote any fixed determination of the complex logarithm. We first prove that there exists a finite set $S(f)$…
The Mahler measure of the polynomials $t(x^m-1) y - (x^n-1) \in \dC[x,y]$ is essentially the sum of volumes of a certain collection of ideal hyperbolic polyhedra in $\HH^3$, which can be determined a priori as a function on the parameter…
In the following paper a version of the classical Mahler formula is found. The height and the measure are now relative to a self-map on a projective space of arbitrary dimension.
The irrationality exponent of an irrational number $\xi$, which measures the approximation rate of $\xi$ by rationals, is in general extremely difficult to compute explicitly, unless we know the continued fraction expansion of $\xi$.…
We give some new results on algebraic independence within Mahler's method, including algebraic independence of values at transcendental points. We also give some new measures of algebraic independence for infinite series of numbers. In…