Naive polynomial height Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
The naive height of a polynomial is the largest absolute value of its coefficients. For a primitive polynomial in , this equals the projective height of its coefficient vector.
For a linear form over a number field , define its height to be the projective height of its coefficient vector:
The product formula makes this independent of multiplying by a nonzero scalar.
The Siegel lemma says the following. Let , let be linear forms in variables with , and suppose for every , where . Then there is a nonzero annihilated by all the forms and satisfying
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Write
so there are unknown integer coefficients. Let be the number of integers with
For each such , impose the linear equation over
where is the normalized derivative of a polynomial. The coefficient of is and that of is . The local definition of projective height, together with , gives
for a constant depending only on .
There are forms over the degree- field , and
Moreover . Applying Siegel lemma gives a nonzero integral coefficient vector with
because the exponent is bounded in terms of and every fixed power of is at most exponential in . These have all the required vanishing normalized derivatives.
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Siegel lemma Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
Let be a number field of degree , and let be linear forms in variables with coefficients in and projective height at most . There is a nonzero satisfying every and
For , this follows by applying the pigeonhole principle to the images of the integer box under . Expanding coefficients in a rational basis of gives the factor in the general count.