Proof of a conjecture of Pólya on the zeros of successive derivatives of real entire functions (Q869961): Difference between revisions

From MaRDI portal
RedirectionBot (talk | contribs)
Changed an Item
ReferenceBot (talk | contribs)
Changed an Item
(4 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown)
Property / MaRDI profile type
 
Property / MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / OpenAlex ID
 
Property / OpenAlex ID: W3101286357 / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / Wikidata QID
 
Property / Wikidata QID: Q122859605 / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / arXiv ID
 
Property / arXiv ID: math/0510502 / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / cites work
 
Property / cites work: Real entire functions of infinite order and a conjecture of Wiman / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / cites work
 
Property / cites work: Universal oscillations of high derivatives / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / cites work
 
Property / cites work: Zeros of Derivatives of Entire Functions / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / cites work
 
Property / cites work: The zeros of derivatives of entire functions and the Pólya-Wiman conjecture / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / cites work
 
Property / cites work: Non-real Zeros of Derivatives of Real Entire Functions and the Pólya-Wiman Conjectures / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / cites work
 
Property / cites work: Non-real zeros of real entire functions / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / cites work
 
Property / cites work: A Generalisation of Stirling's Formula. / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / cites work
 
Property / cites work: Derivatives of Entire Functions and A Question of Polya / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / cites work
 
Property / cites work: Derivatives of Entire Functions and a Question of Polya. II / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / cites work
 
Property / cites work: Half-Plane Tumura-Clunie Theorems and the Real Zeros of Successive Derivatives† / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / cites work
 
Property / cites work: Q5849166 / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / cites work
 
Property / cites work: 𝑅-functions—analytic functions mapping the upper halfplane into itself / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / cites work
 
Property / cites work: Q5624248 / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / cites work
 
Property / cites work: On the number of nonreal zeros of real entire functions and the Fourier-Pólya conjecture / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / cites work
 
Property / cites work: A Proof of the Polya-Wiman Conjecture / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / cites work
 
Property / cites work: Non-real zeros of higher derivatives of real entire functions of infinite order / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / cites work
 
Property / cites work: On the Zeros of the Derivatives of Some Entire Functions / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / cites work
 
Property / cites work: On the zeros of the derivatives of a function and its analytic character / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / cites work
 
Property / cites work: On the zeros of the derivatives of real entire functions and Wiman's conjecture / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / cites work
 
Property / cites work: Zeros of Successive Derivates of a Class of Real Entire Functions of Exponential Type / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / cites work
 
Property / cites work: Q5825873 / rank
 
Normal rank

Revision as of 14:46, 25 June 2024

scientific article
Language Label Description Also known as
English
Proof of a conjecture of Pólya on the zeros of successive derivatives of real entire functions
scientific article

    Statements

    Proof of a conjecture of Pólya on the zeros of successive derivatives of real entire functions (English)
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    12 March 2007
    0 references
    Let \(f\) be a real entire function with only finitely many non-real zeros. In a survey article [Bull. Am. Math. Soc. 49, 178--191 (1943; Zbl 0061.11510)], \textit{G. Polya} has formulated the following conjectures: Conjecture \(A\): If the order of \(f\) is less than 2, then its derivatives, from a certain one onwards, will have no non-real zeros at all. Conjecture \(B\): If the order of \(f\) is greater than 2, then the number of non-real zeros of \(f^{(n)}\) tends to infinity as \(n\to\infty\). Conjecture \(A\) was established by \textit{T. Craven, G. Csordas} and \textit{W. Smith} [Ann. Math. (2) 125, 405--431 (1987; Zbl 0625.30036)] and refined by \textit{H. Ki} and \textit{Y.-O. Kim} [Duke Math. J. 104, No. 1, 45--73 (2000; Zbl 0957.30019)], who proved that the statement holds for all \(f = Ph\), where \(P\) is a real polynomial and \(h\) belongs to the Laguerre-Polya class, that is, the class of entire functions being the locally uniform limit of real polynomials with all zeros real. Only recently, \textit{Langley} [J. Anal. Math. 97, 357--396 (2005)] has shown that, for entire functions of infinite order, \(f^{(n)}\) has infinitely many non-real zeros for all \(n\geq 2\). Finishing a long line of deep investigations, the open case of functions of finite order greater than 2 is completely settled in the paper under review. In fact, the main theorem shows that, for every \(f\) of finite order which is not of the form \(f = Ph\) as above, the number \(N(f^{(n)})\) of non-real zeros of \(f^{(n)}\) satisfies \[ \liminf_{n\to \infty} \frac{N(f^{(n)})}{n}>0\; . \] The proof combines the saddle point method from asymptotic analysis with potential theory and the theory of analytic functions with positive imaginary part in the upper half plane.
    0 references
    real entire functions
    0 references
    sucessive derivatives
    0 references
    Laguerre-Polya class
    0 references

    Identifiers

    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references