A proof of the Schinzel-Zassenhaus conjecture on polynomials

V Dimitrov - arxiv preprint arxiv:1912.12545, 2019 - arxiv.org
We prove that if $ P (X)\in\mathbb {Z}[X] $ is an integer polynomial of degree $ n $ and
having $ P (0)= 1$, then either $ P (X) $ is a product of cyclotomic polynomials, or else at …

Factoring through monomial representations: arithmetic characterizations and ambiguity of weighted automata

A Puch, D Smertnig - arxiv preprint arxiv:2410.03444, 2024 - arxiv.org
We characterize group representations that factor through monomial representations,
respectively, block-triangular representations with monomial diagonal blocks, by arithmetic …

Height gap conjectures, D-finiteness, and a weak dynamical Mordell–Lang conjecture

JP Bell, F Hu, M Satriano - Mathematische Annalen, 2020 - Springer
In previous work, the first author, Ghioca, and the third author introduced a broad dynamical
framework giving rise to many classical sequences from number theory and algebraic …

A general criterion for the Pólya-Carlson dichotomy and application

J Bell, K Gunn, K Nguyen, J Saunders - Transactions of the American …, 2023 - ams.org
We prove a general criterion for an irrational power series $ f (z)=\sum _ {n= 0}^{\infty} a_nz^
n $ with coefficients in a number field $ K $ to admit the unit circle as a natural boundary. As …

D-finiteness, rationality, and height II: Lower bounds over a set of positive density

JP Bell, KD Nguyen, U Zannier - Advances in Mathematics, 2023 - Elsevier
We consider D-finite power series f (z)=∑ n≥ 0 anzn with coefficients in a number field K.
We show that there is a dichotomy governing the behaviour of h (an) as a function of n …

Dynamical uniform bounds for fibers and a gap conjecture

J Bell, D Ghioca, M Satriano - … Mathematics Research Notices, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We prove a uniform version of the Dynamical Mordell–Lang Conjecture for étale maps; also,
we obtain a gap result for the growth rate of heights of points in an orbit along an arbitrary …

On the Skolem problem and some related questions for parametric families of linear recurrence sequences

A Ostafe, IE Shparlinski - Canadian Journal of Mathematics, 2022 - cambridge.org
We show that in a parametric family of linear recurrence sequences with the coefficients and
characteristic roots,, given by rational functions over some number field, for all but a set of …

An analogue of Ruzsa's conjecture for polynomials over finite fields

JP Bell, KD Nguyen - Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A, 2021 - Elsevier
In 1971, Ruzsa conjectured that if f: N→ Z with f (n+ k)≡ f (n) mod k for every n, k∈ N and f
(n)= O (θ n) with θ< e then f is a polynomial. In this paper, we investigate the analogous …

Rational dynamical systems, S-units, and D-finite power series

JP Bell, S Chen, E Hossain - Algebra & Number Theory, 2021 - msp.org
Let K be an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero, let G be a finitely generated
subgroup of the multiplicative group of K, and let X be a quasiprojective variety defined over …

D-finiteness, rationality, and height III: multivariate Pólya–Carlson dichotomy

JP Bell, S Chen, KD Nguyen, U Zannier - Mathematische Zeitschrift, 2024 - Springer
We prove a result that can be seen as an analogue of the Pólya–Carlson theorem for
multivariate D-finite power series with coefficients in Q¯. In the special case that the …