Blaschke products which have the least deviation from zero (Q2639194)

The following extremal problem is treated: find \[ \inf_{-1\leq x_ j\leq 1}\int^{b}_{a}| B(x,\{x_ j\})|^ qs(x)dx, \] where \(- 1\leq a<b\leq 1\), \(1\leq q<\infty\), \(B(x,\{x_ j\})=\prod^{n}_{j=1}(\frac{x-x_ j}{1-x_ jx})^{\nu_ j}\), and \(\nu_ j\) are given multiplicities; s(x)\(\geq 0\) is a continuous weight function. The author shows that the extremal distribution of points \(\{z_ j\}^ n_{j=1}\) always occurs in an open interval (a,b) and gives a sufficient condition which implies uniqueness of the solution.