The extremal entire-function conjecture for the Bernstein problem

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For the Bernstein problem with a=0a=0, let FF be the extremal entire function and write

F(z)=zp+(−1)[p/2]Ecos⁡ϕ(z).F(z)=z^p+(-1)^{[p/2]}E\cos\phi(z).

Here ϕ\phi is a conformal map, and write its boundary curve as

γ={u+iv=ϕ(x):x∈R}.\gamma=\{u+iv=\phi(x):x\in\mathbb{R}\}.

Extremal entire-function conjecture. The function FF has the displayed form, where ϕ\phi maps the upper half-plane onto the region in the upper half-plane above γ\gamma, satisfies

Lsin⁡v(x)sinh⁡u(x)=x,x∈R,L\sin v(x)\sinh u(x)=x,\qquad x\in\mathbb{R},

and is normalized by ϕ(0)=0\phi(0)=0 and ϕ(z)∼z\phi(z)\sim z as z→∞z\to\infty. The conjecture gives an explicit conformal-geometric description of the extremal function in the Bernstein problem; the supplied text does not state whether it has been proved or remains open.

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F. Nazarov, F. Peherstorfer, A. Volberg and P. Yuditskii, “Asymptotics of the best polynomial approximation of |x|^p and of the best Laurent polynomial approximation of (x) on two symmetric intervals”, arXiv:0903.3652 (2009).

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