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Mahler's Measure

For a Polynomial $P$,

\begin{displaymath}
M(P)=\mathop{\rm exp}\nolimits \int_0^{2\pi} \ln\vert P(e^{i\theta})\vert {d\theta\over 2\pi}.
\end{displaymath}

It is related to Jensen's Inequality.

See also Jensen's Inequality




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-26