On a conjecture of Ruscheweyh and Varga (Q1330833)

Let \(P_ n\) be the family of polynomials \[ p(z)= 1+ \sum^ n_{j=1} a_ j z^ j,\quad \sum^ n_{j=1} | a_ j|= 1 \] and let \(\widetilde P_ n\subset P_ n\) be the subset of polynomials with \(a_ j\geq 0\) \((j=1,\dots,n)\). \textit{St. Ruscheweyh} and \textit{R. S. Varga} [Rational approximation and interpolation, Proc. Conf., Tampa/Fla. 1983, Lect. Notes Math. 1105, 150-159 (1984; Zbl 0582.41010)] established the conjecture that \[ \sup_{p\in P_ n} \inf_{| z|<1} | p(z)|= \sup_{p\in \widetilde P_ n} \inf_{| z|< 1} | p(z)|. \] The author gives a proof for the case \(n=2\).