On some approximation problems for complex polynomials

We consider weighted complex approximation problems of the form $$\mathop {\min }\limits_{p:p(a) = 1} \mathop {\min }\limits_{z \in \left { - 1,1} \right]} \left| {w(z)p(z)} \right|$$ withp ranging over all polynomials of degree ≤n anda purely imaginary. Recent results by Ruscheweyh and Freund forw(z) = 1 and \(w(z) = \sqrt {z + 1}\) are extended to more general weight functions. Moreover, the solution of a complex Zolotarev type problem is given.