Lehmer-type conjecture for adelic heights above the energy minimum

Let KK be a number field, let μ\mu be an adelic measure defined over KK, let hμh_\mu be its associated height on P1(K)\mathbb{P}^1(\overline{K}), and let L(μ)\mathcal{L}(\mu) denote the energy infimum associated with μ\mu. Lehmer-type conjecture above the energy minimum. There exists ε>0\varepsilon>0 such that

[K(α):K](hμ(α)L(μ))ε[K(\alpha):K]\bigl(h_\mu(\alpha)-\mathcal{L}(\mu)\bigr)\geq\varepsilon

for every αP1(K)\alpha\in\mathbb{P}^1(\overline{K}) such that hμ(α)>L(μ)h_\mu(\alpha)>\mathcal{L}(\mu).

This formulation is designed to remain meaningful when L(μ)>0\mathcal{L}(\mu)>0. The supplied text subsequently discusses evidence that it fails for particular measures, but does not provide a resolution of the general assertion.

Sources & referencesView supporting material

Primary source

Preston Kelley, “Areal Weil Heights”, arXiv:2512.16007 (2025).

Progress summary

Never refreshed

Nothing recorded yet. Refresh searches the literature and the public web for attempts on this problem, and writes the first summary here.

Solutions 0

No solutions have been posted yet.