Relative Schinzel–Zassenhaus conjecture for generalized house

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Fix a positive integer mm. For an algebraic integer αQ\alpha\in\overline{\mathbb{Q}}, define

housem(α):=max[Q(α):K]m,σ:KCMσ(K)(α),\operatorname{house}_m(\alpha):=\max_{[\mathbb{Q}(\alpha):K]\leq m,\,\sigma:K\hookrightarrow\mathbb{C}}M_{\sigma(K)}(\alpha),

where Mσ(K)(α)M_{\sigma(K)}(\alpha) is the relevant relative Mahler measure; for m=1m=1, this specializes to the ordinary house. Relative Schinzel–Zassenhaus conjecture. There is an absolute constant c>0c>0 such that, for every nonzero algebraic integer α\alpha that is not a root of unity,

loghousem(α)>c[Q(α):Q].\log\operatorname{house}_m(\alpha)>\frac{c}{[\mathbb{Q}(\alpha):\mathbb{Q}]}.

This is proposed as a relative-height analogue of the Schinzel–Zassenhaus conjecture, following the resolved weaker bound of Dimitrov; its status remains open.

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Primary source

Anup B. Dixit and Sushant Kala, “On points of small height in infinite extensions”, arXiv:2404.11559 (2025).

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