Akiyama, ShigekiThuswaldner, J¨org M.Zaimi, Toufik2022-04-272022-04-272012http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/12967Let α be a complex number. We show that there is a finite subset F of the ring of the rational integers Z, such that F [α] = Z[α], if and only if α is an algebraic number whose conjugates, over the field of the rationals, are all of modulus one, or all of modulus greater than one. This completes the answer to a question, on the numbers satisfying the height reducing property, posed in Akiyama and Za¨ımi (2013). ⃝c 2014 Royal Dutch Mathematical Society (KWG). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reservedenHeight of polynomialsSpecial algebraic numbersRepresentations of algebraic numbersCharacterisation of the numbers which satisfy the height reducing propertyArticle