Approximation by polynomials with restricted zeros (Q5906582)

The authors have discussed convergence properties of polynomials \(p(z)\) whose zeros lie on the real axis or in the upper half-plane \((\text{Im } z\geq 0)\). A result of \textit{B. Ya. Levin} [Mat. Sb., N. Ser. 66(108), 384-397 (1965; Zbl 0145.303)] shows that uniform convergence of such polynomials to a non-zero limit on a complex sequence converging not too fast to a limit in the lower half-plane, implies locally uniform convergence in \(\mathbb{C}\). They have furnished an elegant and simple proof of this result and have also given several extensions and examples which show that the criterion in Levin's theorem may not be improved essentially.