Generalized Schur–Siegel–Smyth lower-bound conjecture for coefficient profiles

Let F\mathcal{F} be the class of monic, totally real algebraic-integer polynomials used in the Schur–Siegel–Smyth problem, written as

f(x)=i=0n(1)niaixi.f(x)=\sum_{i=0}^n(-1)^{n-i}a_i x^i.

For 0<b<a0<b<a, define

h(a,b):=alogablogb(ab)log(ab),h(a,b):=a\log a-b\log b-(a-b)\log(a-b),

and set

L(c):=eh(2c,22c)h(1,c)c.L(c):=e^{\frac{h(2-c,2-2c)-h(1,c)}{c}}.

Generalized Schur–Siegel–Smyth conjecture. Fix ϵ>0\epsilon>0. Then there exist only finitely many f(x)Ff(x)\in\mathcal{F} such that

(and(nd))1/dL(d/n)ϵ\left(\frac{a_{n-d}}{{n\choose d}}\right)^{1/d}\leq L(d/n)-\epsilon

for some dd with 0dn10\leq d\leq n-1.

This conjecture proposes a simultaneous lower bound for all normalized coefficients of polynomials in F\mathcal{F}. The function L(c)L(c) arises as the limiting coefficient profile from Siegel's construction, via Stirling's formula; the source does not state whether the conjecture has been resolved.

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Primary source

Kyle Pratt, George Shakan and Alexandru Zaharescu, “A Generalization of the Schur-Siegel-Smyth Trace Problem”, arXiv:1511.08837 (2022).

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