Global maximality conjecture for the function d on S(n,0)

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Let S(n,0)S(n,0) be the set of monic complex polynomials of degree n2n\ge 2 whose zeros lie in the closed unit disk and which vanish at 00. For pSnp\in S_n, define

d(p)=maxzZ(p)minwZ(p)zw.d(p)=\max_{z\in Z(p)}\min_{w\in Z(p')}|z-w|.

The paper has determined a class of 00-maximal polynomials of degree nn. Global maximality conjecture for S(n,0)S(n,0). If pS(n,0)p\in S(n,0), then

d(p)(1n)1n1,d(p)\le \left(\frac{1}{n}\right)^{\frac{1}{n-1}},

and equality occurs if and only if pp is one of the polynomials in the stated classification theorem. This would show that the 00-maximal polynomials are global maxima of dd on S(n,0)S(n,0), strengthening the local result proved in the paper. The inequality and its equality classification are left as a conjecture.

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Julius Borcea, “Maximal and linearly inextensible polynomials”, arXiv:math/0601600 (2006).

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