An upper bound for the Laguerre polynomials (Q1298592)

In this paper some properties of Laguerre polynomials \(L_n^{(\alpha)}(x)=\sum^n_{k=0}{n+\alpha\choose n-k}{(-x)^k\over k!}\) of degree \(n\) and order \(\alpha\) are investigated. Let \((\alpha+1)_n=(\alpha+1)(\alpha+2)\dots(\alpha+n)\) be the well known Pochhammer symbol and let \(\delta_n^{(\alpha)}(\sum^\infty_{k=0}a_k)={n!\over(\alpha+1)_n}\sum^n_{k=0}{( \alpha+1)_{n-k}\over(n-k)!}a_k\). Theorem. For \(\alpha\geq-{1\over 2}\), \(x\geq 0\) and \(n=0,1,2,\dots\) we have \(| L_n^{(\alpha)}(x)|\leq{(\alpha+1)_n\over n!}\delta_n^{(\alpha)}(\exp x)\). This result improves the known results of Szegö and Rooney. Some interesting corollaries and remarks are also presented.