On the zeros of a polynomial (Q5917703)

Improving on a result of \textit{J. L. Walsh} [Ann. Math., II. Ser. 25, 285-296 (1924; JFM 50.0045.03)], the author offers the inequality \[ |z+ (a_{n- 1}/2)|\leq |a_{n- 1} |/2+ \Biggl[\sum^n_{j= 2} |a_{n- j}|(\max_{2\leq k\leq n} |a_{n- k}|^{(2- j)/k})^{1/2}\Biggr] \] for zeroes of \(\sum^{n- 1}_{j= 0} a_j z^j+ z^n\) \((n\geq 2)\).