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Heights and totally real numbers

Abstract

1973 Schinzel proved that the standard logarithmic height h on the maximal totally real field extension of the rationals is either zero or bounded from below by a positive constant. In this paper we study this property for canonical heights associated to rational functions and the corresponding dynamical system on the affine line. At the end, we will give a few remarks on the behavior of h on finite extensions of the maximal totally real field.

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Lukas Pottmeyer. 2013-11-18. Heights and totally real numbers. https://doi.org/10.4171/rlm%2F662

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