Polynomials with integer coefficients and their zeros (Q690788): Difference between revisions

In this paper the author discusses sequences of polynomials with integer coefficients that are restricted in various ways. These ways include having their roots confined to a fixed subset of the complex plane, or their coefficients being bounded by a fixed constant. After a survey of some classical results by Schur and others, some new results are stated and proved. A typical result is the following (Theorem 2.4): If \(P_n(z)\in\mathbb Z[z]\) has degree \(n\) having all its roots distinct and lying in the closed unit disk, and coefficients of modulus at most \(M\), then for \(n\geq \max(M,55)\) its coefficient \(a_{n-1,n}\) of \(z^{n-1}\) has modulus at most \(8M\sqrt{n\log n}\). Other results include bounds for power sums of the roots (Theorem 2.5) and bounds for the modulus of the coefficients of \(z^{n-m}\) for fixed \(m\) (Theorem 2.6). Furthermore, a generalization of the Schur-Siegel-Smyth trace problem is proposed. This concerns finding a lower bound for the mean of the sum of all \(m\)-fold products of distinct roots of a polynomial with integer coefficients having all its roots real and positive.