Right order Turan-type converse Markov inequalities for convex domains on the plane

Abstract: For a convex domain

K

in the complex plane, the well-known general Bernstein-Markov inequality holds asserting that a polynomial

p

of degree

n

must have

| | p^{'} | | < c (K) n^{2} | | p | |

. On the other hand for polynomials in general,

| | p^{'} | |

can be arbitrarily small as compared to

| | p | |

. The situation changes when we assume that the polynomials in question have all their zeroes in the convex body

K

. This was first investigated by Tur'an, who showed the lower bounds

| | p^{'} | | g e (n / 2) | | p | |

for the unit disk

D

and

| | p^{'} | | > c s q r t n | | p | |

for the unit interval

I := [- 1, 1]

. Although partial results provided general lower estimates of lower order, as well as certain classes of domains with lower bounds of order

n

, it was not clear what order of magnitude the general convex domains may admit here. Here we show that for all compact and convex domains

K

with nonempty interior and polynomials

p

with all their zeroes in

K

| | p^{'} | | > c (K) n | | p | |

holds true, while

| | p^{'} | | < C (K) n | | p | |

occurs for any

K

. Actually, we determine

c (K)

and

C (K)

within a factor of absolute numerical constant.

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