On the oscillations of the modulus of Rudin-Shapiro polynomials around the middle of their ranges

Abstract: Let either

R_{k} (t) := | P_{k} (e^{i t}) |^{2}

or

R_{k} (t) := | Q_{k} (e^{i t}) |^{2}

, where

P_{k}

and

Q_{k}

are the usual Rudin-Shapiro polynomials of degree

n - 1

with

n = 2^{k}

. The graphs of

R_{k}

on the period suggest many zeros of

R_{k} (t) - n

in a dense fashion on the period. Let

N (I, R_{k} - n)

denote the number of zeros of

R_{k} - n

in an interval

. Improving earlier results stated only for

I := [0, 2 p i]

, in this paper we show that

frac{n|I|}{8pi} - frac{2}{pi} (2nlog n)^{1/2} - 1 leq N(I,R_k-n) leq frac{n|I|}{pi} + frac{8}{pi}(2nlog n)^{1/2},,qquad k geq 2,,

for every

, where

denotes the length of the interval

I

.

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