Smale's mean value conjecture for complex polynomials
Let be a complex polynomial of degree satisfying and . A point is a critical point of when . Smale's mean value conjecture. There exists a critical point of such that
This normalized form is equivalent to Smale's conjecture that the constant in his mean value estimate can be replaced by . The conjecture remains unresolved in general, although partial estimates are known for several special families of polynomials.
References
Primary source
Quanyu Tang, “Dual Smale's mean value conjecture for odd polynomials”, arXiv:2510.16875 (2025).
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