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Dec 14, 2013 at 19:19 comment added Joe Silverman Right. And now that you mention it, Lang includes this in his book because "Michel Waldschmidt recommended their inclusion" (page 59). So Prop 2.12 on page 61 says that if $f,g\in\mathbb{C}[X_1,\ldots,X_n]$ and if $fg$ has total degree at most $d$, then $|f|_\infty|g|_\infty\le e^{nd}|fg|_\infty$. The proof, as you indicate, uses Mahler measure. Lang refers to Gelfond's book, as well as the article by Mahler that you quote.
Dec 14, 2013 at 18:56 history answered Douglas Lind CC BY-SA 3.0