On a problem due to Littlewood concerning polynomials with unimodular coefficients

Littlewood raised the question of how slowly $\lVert f_{n}\rVert_{4}^{4}-\lVert f_{n}\rVert_{2}^{4}$ (where $\lVert.\rVert _{r}$ denotes the L ^r norm on the unit circle) can grow for a sequence of polynomials f _n with unimodular coefficients and increasing degree. The results of this paper are the following. For $$g_n(z)=\sum_{k=0}^{n-1}e^{\pi ik^2/n} z^k $$ the limit of $(\lVert g_{n}\rVert_{4}^{4}-\lVert g_{n}\rVert_{2}^{4})/\lVert g_{n}\rVert_{2}^{3}$ is 2/π, which resolves a mystery due to Littlewood. This is however not the best answer to Littlewood’s question: for the polynomials $$h_n(z)=\sum_{j=0}^{n-1}\sum _{k=0}^{n-1} e^{2\pi ijk/n} z^{nj+k} $$ the limit of $(\lVert h_{n}\rVert_{4}^{4}-\lVert h_{n}\rVert_{2}^{4})/\lVert h_{n}\rVert_{2}^{3}$ is shown to be 4/π ². No sequence of polynomials with unimodular coefficients is known that gives a better answer to Littlewood’s question. It is an open question as to whether such a sequence of polynomials exists.     

On a discrete norm of the self-inversive unimodular polynomials

The quotient of divided by , whereP is a self-inversive and unimodular polynomial of any degree, dominates an absolute constantK>1. A 1989 paper gaveK=1.0252 on which its authors conjetured that the best constant is . We supply counter examples to their claim and provide a partial result for whenever theL _q norm is replaced by some “discrete” type norm. Research supported by the Shiraz University Grant 72-SC-784-432.     

On realizability of sign patterns by real polynomials

The classical Descartes’ rule of signs limits the number of positive roots of a real polynomial in one variable by the number of sign changes in the sequence of its coefficients. One can ask the question which pairs of nonnegative integers (p, n), chosen in accordance with this rule and with some other natural conditions, can be the pairs of numbers of positive and negative roots of a real polynomial with prescribed signs of the coefficients. The paper solves this problem for degree 8 polynomials.     

On the real roots of Euler polynomials

We show how are located the positive roots of the Euler polynomiale _n of degreen. We give an upper bound and a lower bound for the greatest root. This permits to determine an integerv _(n) such that the number of positive roots ofE _n is eitherv _(n) orv _(n) +2. We also study the behaviour of ther-th positive root ofE _n asn tends to infinity.     

On sequences of Hurwitz polynomials related to orthogonal polynomials

ABSTRACT

In this contribution, we explore the well-known connection between Hurwitz and orthogonal polynomials. Namely, given a Hurwitz polynomial, it is shown that it can be decomposed into two parts: a polynomial that is orthogonal with respect to some positive measure supported in the positive real axis and its corresponding second-kind polynomial. Conversely, given a sequence of orthogonal polynomials with respect to a positive measure supported in the positive real axis, a sequence of Hurwitz polynomials can be constructed. Based on that connection, we construct sequences of Hurwitz polynomials that satisfy a recurrence relation, in a similar way as the orthogonal polynomials do. Even more, we present a way to construct families of Hurwitz polynomials using two sequences of parameters and a recurrence relation that constitutes an analogue of Favard's theorem in the theory of orthogonal polynomials.     

On the space of real polynomials without multiple critical values

Moscow State University. Translated from Funktsional'nyi Analiz i Ego Prilozheniya, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 10–17, April–June, 1992.     

On the generalization of the Euler polynomials with the real parameters

In this study, we give multiplication formula for generalized Euler polynomials of order α and obtain some explicit recursive formulas. The multiple alternating sums with positive real parameters a and b are evaluated in terms of both generalized Euler and generalized Bernoulli polynomials of order α. Finally we obtained some interesting special cases.     

关于Smarandache问题中逆序排列的偶数数列的性质

主要研究了Sm arandache问题中逆序排列的偶数数列的算术性质,采用递推,归纳,猜想的办法,得出了Sm arandache问题中逆序排列的偶数数列的递推公式、通项的精确表达式以及几个相关的性质.引理和定理的证明主要用了递推和数学归纳法.解决了文[1]中的部分问题,对于Sm arandache问题中的数列有推动作用.     

On the real zeroes of the Hurwitz zeta-function and Bernoulli polynomials

The behaviour of real zeroes of the Hurwitz zeta-function

     

On dense sequences of polynomials in several variables

In the present paper a form of generalization of Gelfond's lemma on dense sequences of polynomials is proposed. For a set of complex numbers ₁, ..., _s we define the coefficients_gk( ₁, ..., _s ) (0ks) and give the relations between them and the transcendental degrees or the transcendence types of the field © ( ₁, ..., _s ) or its subfields.This work was completed at the Dept. of Math., Univ. of Southern Mississippi, USA in 1987.