A note on ``universal'' Phragmén-Lindelöf theorems and a lemma of Beurling (Q1102402)

The authors use (known) theorems about the growth of holomorphic functions in sectors to prove the Newman conjecture: Let D be an unbounded domain in the complex plane with at least one finite boundary point. Let f(z) be holomorphic in D and let \[ M(r)\quad =\sup_{| z| =r,z\in D}| f(z)|. \] If lim inf M(r)/r\(=0\) (r\(\to \infty)\), then the condition lim sup\(| f(z)| \leq 1\) as z tends to any finite boundary point \(\zeta\) of D through the domain D implies \(| f(z)| \leq 1\) in D. Previous proofs of the conjecture were given by the reviewer, Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 267, 285-293 (1981; Zbl 0472.30025) and \textit{F. W. Gehring}, \textit{W. K. Hayman} and \textit{A. Hinkkanen}, J. Approximation Theory 35, 243-249 (1982; Zbl 0487.41009).