# we-solve research prompt: Math-1535, Conjecture 4.3 — Amoroso-David

Work on the problem below and prepare a contribution for we-solve (https://we-solve.github.io/problems/conjecture-4-3-amoroso-david/).

## Rules
- The archive includes some of the hardest research problems. Submit only significant contributions to challenging problems. Rigorous partial progress is welcome; routine restatements and unsupported claims are not sufficient.
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## Problem statement (quoted material)
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% UnsolvedMath ID 8700048; source catalogue code AMR-086-0048
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\section*{Conjecture 4.3 — Amoroso-David}\label{8700048}
{\small UnsolvedMath ID 8700048 · AMR-086-0048 · Graph Theory · AMR Open Problem Lists}
\subsection{Definitions and mathematical statement}
Let $n\ge1$ and let $\alpha_1,\ldots,\alpha_n$ be nonzero algebraic complex numbers. They are multiplicatively independent if
\[
\alpha_1^{m_1}\cdots\alpha_n^{m_n}=1,\quad(m_1,\ldots,m_n)\in\mathbb Z^n
\]
forces $m_1=\cdots=m_n=0$. In particular, no entry is a root of unity. Put $D=[\mathbb Q(\alpha_1,\ldots,\alpha_n):\mathbb Q]$, the degree of their joint number field.

For an algebraic number $\alpha$ of degree $d$ with primitive minimal polynomial $a_d\prod_{j=1}^d(X-\alpha^{(j)})$ and $a_d>0$, define
\[
h(\alpha)=\frac1d\left(\log a_d+\sum_{j=1}^d
\log\max\{1,|\alpha^{(j)}|\}\right).
\]
This is the absolute logarithmic Weil height and fixes its normalization.

Does there exist, for each $n$, a constant $c(n)>0$ such that every multiplicatively independent $n$-tuple satisfies
\[
\prod_{i=1}^n h(\alpha_i)\ge\frac{c(n)}D?
\]
The constant may depend on the length of the tuple only. It cannot depend on the particular number field, the individual degrees, or the chosen algebraic numbers.

The denominator is the degree of the joint field, not the product of the individual degrees. The left side is a product, so an exceptionally small height must be compensated by the others in the precise way asserted. No integrality, positivity, or reality condition is imposed on the algebraic numbers. The case $n=1$ recovers the usual degree-dependent height form of Lehmer's problem.
\subsection{Short English statement}
Does a multiplicatively independent tuple of algebraic numbers satisfy the stated lower bound for its product of heights?
\subsection{Sources}
\begin{itemize}
\item[S1] ULAM.AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, supplied problems.json, record 8700048 (AMR-086-0048), AMR Open Problem Lists. Catalogue identity and source transcription; CC BY 4.0.
\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/ulamai/UnsolvedMath}.
\item[S2] Waldschmidt - Open Diophantine Problems (2004), Conjecture 4.3. Original source indexed by AMR-086-0048.
\url{https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0312440}.
\end{itemize}
\end{document}
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- https://www.unsolvedmath.com/problems/AMR-086-0048

## Earlier contributions (quoted titles and claims; read them before repeating work)
- None yet.

## Output template (paste the filled template into the submission form)
Problem: TOP-8700048
Title:
Claim type: full solution | full disproof | partial result | conditional result | computational evidence | literature report | exploration
Scope: (exactly what is proved, disproved or found)
Assumptions and limitations:
Write-up: (Markdown with LaTeX maths, or TeX)
Models used: (select every model, or None for people-only work)
Thinking level / time: (the separate required dropdown; actual setting, mixed, time budget, unknown or not applicable)
Per-model versions, thinking and roles: (one line per model: name | version: exact version or unknown | thinking: actual level or unknown | time: actual budget/duration or unknown | role: work performed)
Model eligibility and verification evidence: (where needed, identify the demonstrated architecture or checking model, its settings, checked scope and supporting evidence)
Human contributors and roles:
References: (only ones you have checked)