New bernstein type inequalities for polynomials on ellipses (Q3978052)

Let \(P(n,r)\) denote the set of polynomials of degree J\(n\) such that \(| 1-z^ 2|^{1/2}| p(z)|\leq 1\) on the ellipse given by \(| z-1|+| z+1|<r+r^{-1}\), \(r\geq 1\). Write \(c=c(\gamma,R)=1/2(R+R^{-1})\cos\gamma+i/2(R-R^{-1})\sin\gamma\), \(0\leq\gamma<2\pi\), \(R>1\). Let \(n\in\mathbb{N}\), \(r>1\). The authors show that there is some \(R^*(n,r)>r\) such that for all \(p\) in \(P(n,r)\) they can give an explicit sharp bound for \(| p(c(\gamma,R))|\) in terms of \(r\), \(R\), \(n\), \(\gamma\). This bound is attained if and only if \(p(z)=2e^{i\alpha}U_ n(z)/(r^{n+1}+r^{-(n+1)})\), where \(U_ n\) is the Chebyshev polynomial of the second kind. For certain special values of \(\gamma\) the estimate is true for \(c(\gamma,R)\) and all \(R>r\), at least provided \(r\) is sufficiently large. Moreover the same bound for \(| p(c(\gamma,R))|\) may be obtained under somewhat weaker assumptions on \(p\).