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Keywords:
Mahler measure; quadrinomials; irreducibility; nonreciprocal numbers
Summary:
The main result of this paper implies that for every positive integer \$d\geqslant 2\$ there are at least \$(d-3)^2/2\$ nonconjugate algebraic numbers which have their Mahler measures lying in the interval \$(1,2)\$. These algebraic numbers are constructed as roots of certain nonreciprocal quadrinomials.
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