Conjecture on zeros of meromorphic logarithmic potentials in the plane

From papers

Let

f(z)=k=1akzzk,f(z)=\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\frac{a_k}{z-z_k},

where ak>0a_k>0, zkCz_k\in\mathbb C, zkz_k\to\infty, and

zk0akzk<.\sum_{z_k\ne0}\left|\frac{a_k}{z_k}\right|<\infty.

Conjecture on infinitely many zeros. The function ff has infinitely many zeros in C\mathbb C.

The assumptions make ff meromorphic in the plane and identify it with the complex conjugate of the gradient of an associated subharmonic logarithmic potential. The claim has an electrostatic interpretation and is known under additional hypotheses such as zkrak=o(r)\sum_{|z_k|\le r}a_k=o(\sqrt r) or inf{ak}>0\inf\{a_k\}>0, but is not established in general.

Progress summary

Nothing recorded yet. Refresh searches the literature and the public web for attempts on this problem, and writes the first summary here.

Sources & referencesView supporting material

Primary source

J. K. Langley, “Equilibrium points of logarithmic potentials on convex domains”, arXiv:math/0601729 (2006).

Solutions 0

No solutions have been posted yet.