On a coefficient conjecture of Brannan (Q1120018)

The author had made a number of conjectures concerning the coefficients of the power series \[ (1+xz)^{\alpha}/(1- z)^{\beta}=1+\sum^{\infty}_{n=1}A_ n(x)z^ n, \] where \(| x| =1\) and \(\alpha,\beta >0\) [the reviewer, Symp. on Complex Analysis, Canterbury 1973, 17-27 (1974; Zbl 0302.30022)]. The author shows that if n is odd and \(n\geq 3\), then it is possible that \(| A_ n(x)| >A_ n(1)\); and that \(| A_ 5(x)| \leq A_ 5(1)\), with equality only when \(x=1\). His methods depend crucially on work of \textit{G. Brown} and \textit{E. Hewitt} [Math. Ann. 268, 91-122 (1984; Zbl 0522.42001)].