Extremal problems for polynomials with real roots

DOI10.1016/J.JAT.2020.105376zbMATH Open1431.12001arXiv1901.07324OpenAlexW3003571002MaRDI QIDQ2304476FDOQ2304476

Authors: Igor E. Pritsker, A. Dubickas 

Publication date: 12 March 2020

Published in: Journal of Approximation Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider polynomials of degree $d$ with only real roots and a fixed value of discriminant, and study the problem of minimizing the absolute value of polynomials at a fixed point off the real line. There are two explicit families of polynomials that turn out to be extremal in terms of this problem. The first family has a particularly simple expression as a linear combination of $d$-th powers of two linear functions. Moreover, if the value of the discriminant is not too small, then the roots of the extremal polynomial and the smallest absolute value in question can be found explicitly. The second family is related to generalized Jacobi (or Gegenbauer) polynomials, which helps us to find the associated discriminants. We also investigate the dual problem of maximizing the value of discriminant, while keeping the absolute value of polynomials at a point away from the real line fixed. Our results are then applied to problems on the largest disks contained in lemniscates, and to the minimum energy problems for discrete charges on the real line.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.07324

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zbMATH Keywords

discriminantpolynomialsJacobi polynomialreal rootsLagrange multipliers methodlemniscateminimum energy problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Polynomials and rational functions of one complex variable (30C10) Zeros of polynomials, rational functions, and other analytic functions of one complex variable (e.g., zeros of functions with bounded Dirichlet integral) (30C15) Real polynomials: location of zeros (26C10) Discrete potential theory (31C20) Polynomials in real and complex fields: location of zeros (algebraic theorems) (12D10)

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