{ "id": "2309.07723", "version": "v1", "published": "2023-09-14T14:00:10.000Z", "updated": "2023-09-14T14:00:10.000Z", "title": "On Salem numbers which are exceptional units", "authors": [ "Toufik Zaimi" ], "categories": [ "math.NT" ], "abstract": "By extending a construction due to Benedict and McMullen [2], we show that for any odd integer n and for any even integer d>n+2 there are infinitely many Salem numbers $\\alpha$ of degree d such that $\\alpha^n-1$ is a unit. A similar result is also proved when n runs through some classes of even integers, d>n+3 and d/2 is an odd integer.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2023-09-14T14:00:10.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "keywords": [ "salem numbers", "exceptional units", "odd integer", "similar result" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 0, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }