Amoroso–David's obstruction-index conjecture for multiplicatively independent points

Let nn be a positive integer and let α=(α1,,αn)Gmn(Q)\boldsymbol{\alpha}=(\alpha_1,\ldots,\alpha_n)\in\mathbb{G}_m^n(\overline{\mathbb{Q}}) have multiplicatively independent coordinates. Let δ(α)\delta(\boldsymbol{\alpha}) be the degree of a nonzero polynomial in Q[x1,,xn]\mathbb{Q}[x_1,\ldots,x_n] of minimal degree vanishing at α\boldsymbol{\alpha}, and let h(α)h(\boldsymbol{\alpha}) denote its height.

Amoroso–David's obstruction-index conjecture. There exists a real number c(n)>0c(n)>0 such that

h(α)c(n)δ(α).h(\boldsymbol{\alpha})\geq\frac{c(n)}{\delta(\boldsymbol{\alpha})}.

This conjecture is the point-height form of the multivariable Lehmer problem. The source presents it as a conjecture of Amoroso and David; its status is open.

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Mounir Hajli, “Toward a generalization of Lehmer's problem to adelic curves”, arXiv:2405.15572 (2025).

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