Binary Constant-Length Substitutions and Mahler Measures of Borwein Polynomials

Autor: Baake, Michael, Coons, Michael, Mañibo, Chrizaldy Neil, Bailey, David H., Borwein, Naomi Simone, Brent, Richard P., Burachik, Regina S., Osborn, Judy-anne Heather, Sims, Brailey, Zhu, Qiji J.
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics ISBN: 9783030365677
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-36568-4_20
Popis: We show that the Mahler measure of every Borwein polynomial—a polynomial with coefficients in \( \{-1,0,1 \}\) having non-zero constant term—can be expressed as a maximal Lyapunov exponent of a matrix cocycle that arises in the spectral theory of binary constant-length substitutions. In this way, Lehmer’s problem for height-one polynomials having minimal Mahler measure becomes equivalent to a natural question from the spectral theory of binary constant-length substitutions. This supports another connection between Mahler measures and dynamics, beyond the well-known appearance of Mahler measures as entropies in algebraic dynamics.
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