The iterated-limit conjecture for alternative measures of sparse polynomials

Let c(P)c(P) be the alternative measure of a polynomial, and let k2k\geq 2. Consider the integer-exponent family 1+x+xn2+xn3++xnk1+x+x^{n_2}+x^{n_3}+\cdots+x^{n_k} and take the iterated limit with n2,n3,,nkn_2,n_3,\ldots,n_k tending to infinity in the displayed order. Iterated-limit conjecture.

limn2limn3limnkc(1+x+xn2+xn3++xnk)=k1k+1.\lim_{n_2\to\infty}\lim_{n_3\to\infty}\cdots\lim_{n_k\to\infty}c(1+x+x^{n_2}+x^{n_3}+\cdots+x^{n_k})=\frac{k-1}{k+1}.

The paper derives this as a conjectural consequence of the preceding alternative-measure formula; it generalizes the displayed three-variable value 1/21/2.

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Dragan Stankov, “The alternative to Mahler measure of a multivariate polynomial”, arXiv:2502.02803 (2025).

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