An inequality for the norm of a polynomial factor (Q2719002)

Let \(p(z)\) be a monic polynomial of degree \(n\) with complex coefficients, and let \(q(z)\) be a monic factor of \(p(z)\). The author considers inequalities of the form \(\|q\|_E \leq C^n \|p\|_E\), where \(C>0\), \(E\) is a compact set in the complex plane, and \(\|\cdot \|_E\) denotes the sup norm on \(E\). He gives an explicit formula for the best constant \(C_E\) in terms of the logarithmic capacity \(\operatorname {cap} E\) of \(E\) (which is assumed to be positive) and the equilibrium measure of \(E\). Under the additional assumption that \(\text{diam}(E)\leq 1\), it is proved that \(C_E=1/\operatorname {cap}E\). Applying his formula to the cases where \(E\) is a disk or a line segment, the author recovers known results.