On the spread of polynomials and its derivatives
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instance of: scholarly article
title: On the spread of polynomials and its derivatives
author: A. Frakis
published in: Applied Mathematics E-Notes
publication date: 2024-11-14T00:00:00Z
review text: The \emph{spread of a polynomial} \(f\) of order \(n\), with real zeros \(\{z_j\}_{j=1}^n\subset \mathbb{R}\), is the quantity \(\operatorname{sp} (f):=\max_{j,k}|z_j-z_k|\). In work dating back to 1959, \textit{A. Brauer} and \textit{A. C. Mewborn} [Duke Math. J. 26, 653--661 (1959; Zbl 0095.01202)] proved that for a real polynomial, \(f(z)=z^n-a_1z^{n-1}+\cdots+(-1)^na_n\),\N\[\N\mathrm{sp}(f)\leq \sqrt{2\Big(1-\frac{1}{n}\Big)a_1^2-4a_2}.\N\]\NThe purpose of the paper under review is to obtain bounds of this nature for the \emph{spread of two polynomials},\N\[\N\operatorname{sp}(f,g):=\max_{j,k}|z_j-w_k|,\N\]\Nwhere \(g\) is another polynomial of order \(n\) with real zeros \(\{w_k\}_{k=1}^n\). Note that \(\operatorname{sp}(f,f)=\operatorname{sp}(f)\).\N\NThe author provides both upper and lower bounds for \(\operatorname{sp}(f,g)\), under the hypothesis that \(\{z_j\}_{j=1}^n\) and \(\{w_j\}_{j=1}^n\) are sufficiently separated from one another. The two upper bounds established, generalise the Brauer-Mewborn bound. They do not seem to reduce to it in the case \(f=g\), allowing room for improvement in future work. Two lower bounds, are also established. In the second part of the paper the author addresses the question of upper bounds for the \(d\)-th derivative \(\operatorname{sp}(f^{(d)},g^{(d)})\) where \(d\leq n-2\).
reviewed by: Lyonell Boulton
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 12D10
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 30C15
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 15A18
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 15A15
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 15A42
zbMATH DE Number: 7944631
zbMATH Keywords: spread of polynomials
zbMATH Keywords: spread of matrices
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
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description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 7944631