Definition:Salem Constant/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Salem Constant
The Salem constant was discovered by Derrick Henry Lehmer in $1933$.
It was conjectured in $1977$ by David William Boyd that it is the smallest of the Salem numbers.
Sources
- 1983: François Le Lionnais and Jean Brette: Les Nombres Remarquables ... (previous) ... (next): $1,17628 081 \ldots$
- Weisstein, Eric W. "Salem Constants." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/SalemConstants.html