SÉMINAIRE DE THÉORIE DES NOMBRES 1999-2000
Le Vendredi à 14 heures 15 en Salle de Conférence
Organisateur:
Arnaud Jehanne
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Mahler measures and special values of L-functions
RÉSUMÉ
The Mahler measure of a polynomial is a concept wich appears naturally in several different contexts, for example, as a height function, as the entropy of certain dynamical systems, etc. In this talk I will discuss how it is also related to special values of L-functions associated to the variety defined by the polynomial.