{ "id": "1706.01767", "version": "v1", "published": "2017-06-06T13:48:06.000Z", "updated": "2017-06-06T13:48:06.000Z", "title": "The necessary and sufficient condition for an algebraic integer to be a Salem number", "authors": [ "Dragan Stankov" ], "comment": "7 pages, 1 figure, 2 tables", "categories": [ "math.NT" ], "abstract": "We present a necessary and sufficient condition for a root greater than 1 of a monic reciprocal polynomial of an even degree at least 4, with integer coefficients, to be a Salem number. We also show a method for calculation the minimal polynomial of any power of the root and some properties of its coefficients.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2017-06-06T13:48:06.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "11R06" ], "keywords": [ "sufficient condition", "salem number", "algebraic integer", "monic reciprocal polynomial", "root greater" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 7, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }