The 11.8 lower bound for the asymptotic height of classical modular polynomials

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For each prime ll, let Φl\Phi_l be the classical modular polynomial and let h(Φl)h(\Phi_l) denote its height. Consider the normalized excess of its height over the leading term 6llog⁡l6l\log l.

Asymptotic height lower-bound conjecture. For prime ll,

lim inf⁡l→∞h(Φl)−6llog⁡ll>11.8.\liminf_{l\to\infty}\frac{h(\Phi_l)-6l\log l}{l}>11.8.

The conjecture asserts that the linear correction term in the height remains asymptotically bounded below by a constant strictly greater than 11.811.8. The supplied text gives numerical motivation from tabulated values but no resolution.

References

Primary source

Reinier Broker and Andrew V. Sutherland, “An explicit height bound for the classical modular polynomial”, arXiv:0909.3442 (2010).

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