A note on the maximum number of zeros of r(z) - z

DOI10.1007/S40315-015-0110-6zbMATH Open1331.31001arXiv1410.0134OpenAlexW3121257642WikidataQ57558430 ScholiaQ57558430MaRDI QIDQ893877FDOQ893877

Authors: Robert Luce, Olivier Sète, Jörg Liesen 

Publication date: 20 November 2015

Published in: Computational Methods and Function Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: An important theorem of Khavinson & Neumann (Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 134(4), 2006) states that the complex harmonic function $$, where $r$ is a rational function of degree $ngeq2$, has at most $5(n-1)$ zeros. In this note we resolve a slight inaccuracy in their proof and in addition we show that for certain functions of the form $$ no more than $5(n-1)-1$ zeros can occur. Moreover, we show that $$ is regular, if it has the maximal number of zeros.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1410.0134

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zbMATH Keywords

complex conjugateharmonic functionrational function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Functional equations in the complex plane, iteration and composition of analytic functions of one complex variable (30D05) Harmonic, subharmonic, superharmonic functions in two dimensions (31A05) Real rational functions (26C15)

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