Schmeisser's strengthening of Sendov's conjecture

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Let FF be an nnth-degree polynomial with n≥2n\geq2, let V(F)V(F) be its multiset of zeros, and let σ∞(F)\sigma_\infty(F) be the radius of the smallest closed disk containing V(F)V(F). Let conv⁡(V(F))\operatorname{conv}(V(F)) denote the convex hull of the zeros.

Schmeisser's conjecture. For every ζ∈conv⁡(V(F))\zeta\in\operatorname{conv}(V(F)), the closed disk centered at ζ\zeta with radius σ∞(F)\sigma_\infty(F) contains a critical point of FF.

This strengthens Sendov's conjecture by allowing the center to be any point in the convex hull rather than a zero of FF. The source attributes it to Schmeisser and gives no resolution.

References

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Dmitry Khavinson, Rajesh Pereira, Mihai Putinar, Edward B. Saff and Serguei Shimorin, “Borcea's variance conjectures on the critical points of polynomials”, arXiv:1010.5167 (2011).

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