Weak log-majorization, Mahler measure and polynomial inequalities (Q864561)

The author investigates the relation between the so-called weak log-majorization property of \(n\)-tuples, analytical inequality on the roots of polynomials and their Mahler measure. He obtains a new proof of Mahler's inequality \(M(P') \leq nM(P)\), where \(P\) is a polynomial with complex coefficients of degree \(n\) and \(P'\) is its derivative. Supposing that \(z_1, \dots, z_n\) are the roots of \(P\) satisfying \(| z_1| \geq \dots \geq | z_n| \) and and \(w_1, \dots, w_{n-1}\) are the roots of \(P'\) satisfying \(| w_1| \geq \dots \geq | w_{n-1}| \) he derives the above inequality from the inequalities \[ \prod_{j=1}^k | w_j| \leq \prod_{j=1}^k | z_j| \] for every \(k \in \{1,\dots,n-1\}\) proved earlier by Schmeisser. Moreover, he obtains the following stronger form of these inequalities, namely, \[ \prod_{j=1}^k | w_j| \leq \prod_{j=1}^k ((n-j)| z_j| /(n-j+1)+| z_{j+1}| /(n-j+1)) \] for every \(k \in \{1,\dots,n-1\}.\)