On a conjecture of A. Schinzel and H. Zassenhaus
Let be a complex number, be a positive rational integer and , where denotes the set of polynomials with rational integer coefficients of absolute value . We determine in this note the maximum of the quantities when runs through the interval . We also show that if is a non-real number of modulus , then is a complex Pisot number if and only if for all .
Let be an algebraic number. We study the strings of zeros (“gaps”) in the Rényi -expansion of unity which controls the set of -integers. Using a version of Liouville’s inequality which extends Mahler’s and Güting’s approximation theorems, the strings of zeros in are shown to exhibit a “gappiness” asymptotically bounded above by , where is the Mahler measure of . The proof of this result provides in a natural way a new classification of algebraic numbers with classes called Q...
Two linear numeration systems, with characteristic polynomial equal to the minimal polynomial of two Pisot numbers and respectively, such that and are multiplicatively dependent, are considered. It is shown that the conversion between one system and the other one is computable by a finite automaton. We also define a sequence of integers which is equal to the number of periodic points of a sofic dynamical system associated with some Parry number.
Two linear numeration systems, with characteristic polynomial equal to the minimal polynomial of two Pisot numbers β and γ respectively, such that β and γ are multiplicatively dependent, are considered. It is shown that the conversion between one system and the other one is computable by a finite automaton. We also define a sequence of integers which is equal to the number of periodic points of a sofic dynamical system associated with some Parry number.
Bombieri and Zannier established lower and upper bounds for the limit infimum of the Weil height in fields of totally -adic numbers and generalizations thereof. In this paper, we use potential theoretic techniques to generalize the upper bounds from their paper and, under the assumption of integrality, to improve slightly upon their bounds.
We consider the sequence of fractional parts , , where is a Pisot number and is a positive number. We find the set of limit points of this sequence and describe all cases when it has a unique limit point. The case, where and the unique limit point is zero, was earlier described by the author and Luca, independently.