Pisot-Vijayaraghavan number
Meaning
Noun
- A real algebraic integer greater than 1 all of whose Galois conjugates are less than 1 in absolute value.
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Origin
- They became widely known after the publication of Charles Pisot's dissertation in 1938. Tirukkannapuram Vijayaraghavan continued their study in the 1940s.
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