Pisot-Vijayaraghavan number

English

Etymology

They became widely known after the publication of Charles Pisot's dissertation in 1938. Tirukkannapuram Vijayaraghavan continued their study in the 1940s.

Noun

Pisot-Vijayaraghavan number (plural Pisot-Vijayaraghavan numbers)

  1. (mathematics) A real algebraic integer greater than 1 all of whose Galois conjugates are less than 1 in absolute value.

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