An explicit formula for the Mahler measure of a family of $3$-variable polynomials

Chris J. Smyth

An explicit formula for the Mahler measure of a family of

3

-variable polynomials

Chris J. Smyth

Journal de théorie des nombres de Bordeaux, Tome 14 (2002) no. 2, pp. 683-700.

Résumé
Abstract

On montre une formule explicite pour la mesure de Mahler du polynôme $a + b x^{- 1} + c y + (a + b x + c y) z$ en termes de dilogarithmes et trilogarithmes.

An explicit formula for the Mahler measure of the $3$ -variable Laurent polynomial $a + b x^{- 1} + c y + (a + b x + c y) z$ is given, in terms of dilogarithms and trilogarithms.

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Chris J. Smyth. An explicit formula for the Mahler measure of a family of $3$-variable polynomials. Journal de théorie des nombres de Bordeaux, Tome 14 (2002) no. 2, pp. 683-700. https://jtnb.centre-mersenne.org/item/JTNB_2002__14_2_683_0/

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