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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5789873
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On critical values of polynomials with real critical points (English)
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22 September 2010
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Let \(f\) be a polynomial of degree \(n\geq 2\) normalized by \(f(0)=0\) and \(f^\prime(0)=1\). According to the well-known conjecture of Smale, there exists a critical point \(\zeta\) of \(f\) such that \(|f(\zeta)/\zeta|<1\). Smale proved such an inequality with the constant 4 instead of 1. At present, no constant \(<4\) has been obtained that would be valid for all polynomials. In this paper the authors formulate a more general conjecture than that of Smale and show that if all the critical points of a polynomial \(f\) with \(f(0)=0\) and \(f^\prime(0)=1\) lie in the union of two rays from zero to infinity, then there is a critical point \(\zeta\) of \(f\) such that \(|f(\zeta)/\zeta|<2/3\), unless \(f\) is of the form \(f(z)=z+cz^3\) for some nonzero complex constant \(c\). Thus, in particular, they verify Smale's conjecture in case all the zeros of \(f^\prime\) are real.
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polynomials
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critical points
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critical values
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Smale's conjecture
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