Conjecture on intermediate values of Mahler measure

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Let Minf⁡M_{\inf} be the limit infimum of the Mahler measures M(α){\rm M}(\alpha) as ∣α∣→1+\lvert\alpha\rvert\to1^+, and let Λ\Lambda be the limiting constant introduced for the relevant family of reciprocal algebraic integers. For any ν0∈[Minf⁡,Λ)\nu_0\in[M_{\inf},\Lambda), consider integer monic irreducible polynomials Hm(z)H_m(z). Intermediate-value conjecture for Mahler measure. There exists a sequence (Hm(z))m(H_m(z))_m such that

lim⁡m→+∞M(Hm)=ν0.\lim_{m\to+\infty}{\rm M}(H_m)=\nu_0.

The conjecture proposes that every intermediate value below Λ\Lambda is attained as a limit of Mahler measures. The source offers this as a formulation motivated by compactness of the beta-shift, with no resolution evidence supplied.

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Primary source

Jean-Louis Verger-Gaugry, “A proof of the Conjecture of Lehmer”, arXiv:1911.10590 (2021).

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