Integral Representations and Asymptotics for a Family of Areal Mahler Measures

Abstract

We study a problem posed by Matilde Lalín concerning the areal Mahler measures of the multivariable polynomial family $$ P_m(x_1,\ldots,x_m,u) = \prod_{j=1}^m(1+x_j) + u\prod_{j=1}^m(1-x_j), \qquad m\geq1. $$ Using a probabilistic reformulation, we derive convolution and one-dimensional Fourier integral representations for $\mathrm m_{\mathbb D}(P_m)$. We prove that, for every fixed $m$, the value $π^m\mathrm m_{\mathbb D}(P_m)$ belongs to the algebra of level-$4$ cyclotomic multiple polylogarithm values, and we evaluate the first nontrivial case $m=2$ explicitly in terms of $\operatorname{Li}_4(1/2)$, $ζ(3)$, Catalan's constant, $π$, and $\log2$. We also derive an explicit three-term asymptotic expansion for $\mathrm m_{\mathbb D}(P_m)$ as $m\to\infty$.