Measuring the height of a polynomial

The Mathematical Intelligencer - Tập 20 - Trang 9-16 - 2014
Graham Everest1
1School of Mathematics, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom

Tóm tắt

Mahler’s measure is alive and well in several quite diverse contexts. The differing points of view seem to generate a healthy friction. If the general level of health is measured by the quantity and quality of unsolved problems, then it may help to list these.

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