Abstract:
In 1939 P. Turán established the following inequality for the derivative P′n of algebraic polynomials Pn of degree n, all of whose zeros lie in the closed unit interval −1⩽x⩽1,
‖P′n‖C[−1,1]>√n6‖Pn‖C[−1,1],
converse to the classical A. A. Markov inequality (which is true for arbitrary polynomials). In the talk, we discuss a number of generalizations of Turán's inequality, in particular, the case when the zeros of a polynomial are taken on a set larger than the unit interval. The technique of constructing these generalizations uses the apparatus of metric estimates of simple partial fractions (that is, the logarithmic derivatives ρn(x)=P′n(x)/Pn(x)=∑nk=1(x−zk)−1 of polynomials Pn). By metric estimates of simple partial fractions, we mean estimates of the measure of sets of the form
{x∈E:‖ρn(x)|⩾δ},δ>0
(probably, with some non-negative weight function near the simple partial fraction ρn),
under certain restrictions on the poles zk of the fraction; here E is a fixed subset of a real line (usually, E=[−1,1] or E=R).