The value of the extremal second-quotient constant for remainder-real entire functions

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Let R\mathcal R be the set of all entire functions

f(z)=k=0akzkf(z)=\sum_{k=0}^\infty a_k z^k

such that, for every lN{0}l\in\mathbb N\cup\{0\}, the remainder

Rl[f](z)=k=lakzkR_l[f](z)=\sum_{k=l}^\infty a_k z^k

has only real nonpositive zeros. Define

c=inf{qn(f)fR, n=2,3,}.c=\inf\left\{q_n(f)\mid f\in\mathcal R,\ n=2,3,\ldots\right\}.

Extremal-constant problem. In the previous problem, c=qc=q_\infty.

The preceding theorem gives the lower bound qn(f)>3q_n(f)>3 for every function in R\mathcal R and every n2n\geq2. This statement identifies the infimum from the preceding problem with the limiting second quotient qq_\infty, but the supplied text does not define qq_\infty further or establish the value of the constant.

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Primary source

Olga Katkova and Anna Vishnyakova, “Convolution operators preserving the set of totally positive sequences”, arXiv:2512.06468 (2025).

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