Fourier-critical-point conjecture for the auxiliary Bessel derivative function

Let nN0n\in\mathbb{N}_0, let νR\nu\in\mathbb{R}, and define the real entire function

fν,n(x)=m0Γ(ν+2m+1)Γ(ν+2mn+1)Γ(ν+m+1)xmm!.f_{\nu,n}(x)=\sum_{m\geq0}\frac{\Gamma(\nu+2m+1)}{\Gamma(\nu+2m-n+1)\Gamma(\nu+m+1)}\frac{x^m}{m!}.

A Fourier critical point of a real entire function is a point at which some derivative has a critical zero, as defined in the paper. Fourier-critical-point conjecture. If ss is a nonnegative integer and

n2s2<ν<n2s1,n-2s-2<\nu<n-2s-1,

then fν,nf_{\nu,n} has exactly ss Fourier critical points and one positive real zero. If ss is a positive integer and

n2s1<ν<n2s,n-2s-1<\nu<n-2s,

then fν,nf_{\nu,n} has exactly ss Fourier critical points and no positive real zeros. The conjecture is motivated by the Fourier-critical-point proof of Hurwitz's theorem and would imply affirmative answers to the two clauses of the generalized Hurwitz question above; the paper records it as an open problem.

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Árpád Baricz, Chrysi G. Kokologiannaki and Tibor K. Pogány, “Zeros of Bessel function derivatives”, arXiv:1602.04295 (2016).

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