Generalized weak Chinburg's conjecture for primitive odd characters

Let m(R)m(R) denote the Mahler measure of a non-zero rational function RR, let L(χ,n)L'(\chi,-n) denote the derivative of the Dirichlet LL-function associated with a character χ\chi, and let Re\operatorname{Re} denote real part. Generalized weak Chinburg's conjecture. For every primitive odd Dirichlet character χ\chi of conductor ff, there exists a non-zero rational function RχQ(z1,,zn+1)R_\chi\in\mathbb{Q}(z_1,\ldots,z_{n+1}) and a rational number rχr_\chi such that

rχm(Rχ)=2Re(L(χ,n)).r_\chi m(R_\chi)=2\operatorname{Re}(L'(\chi,-n)).

This proposed generalization extends Chinburg's conjecture from odd quadratic characters to all primitive odd Dirichlet characters, motivated by examples from the PdP_d family. The source does not state whether it has been resolved.

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Marie-José Bertin and Mahya Mehrabdollahei, “An exact family of bivariate polynomials and Variants of Chinburg's Conjectures”, arXiv:2407.20634 (2025).

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