The Mahler-measure-zero conjecture for finite-measure rank one maps

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Let (X,B,P,T)(X,\mathcal{B},{\mathbb{P}},T) be a rank one map, where (X,B,P)(X,\mathcal{B},{\mathbb{P}}) is a measure space and TT is the associated transformation. Assume that

P(X)<+∞.{\mathbb{P}}(X)<+\infty.

Mahler-measure-zero conjecture. The Mahler measure of the spectrum of TT is zero.

The paper proves the claim for subclasses of rank one maps, including a class with cutting parameter mk=θ(kβ)m_k=\theta(k^\beta) for some β≤1\beta\leq 1, but leaves the general finite-measure case open. The conjecture is related to the conjecture that all rank one maps have singular spectrum.

References

Primary source

el Houcein el Abdalaoui, “On the Mahler measure of the spectrum of rank one maps”, arXiv:2108.13416 (2021).

Additional references

3 papers in this index state this conjecture (2009–2021). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1303.6376, arXiv:0910.5182.

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