## Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series A, Mathematical Sciences

### Dual mean value problem for complex polynomials

#### Abstract

We consider an extremal problem for polynomials, which is dual to the well-known Smale mean value problem. We give a rough estimate depending only on the degree.

#### Article information

Source
Proc. Japan Acad. Ser. A Math. Sci., Volume 85, Number 9 (2009), 135-137.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 5 November 2009

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.pja/1257430681

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.3792/pjaa.85.135

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2573962

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1208.30005

Subjects
Primary: 30C10: Polynomials
Secondary: 30C55: General theory of univalent and multivalent functions

#### Citation

Dubinin, Vladimir; Sugawa, Toshiyuki. Dual mean value problem for complex polynomials. Proc. Japan Acad. Ser. A Math. Sci. 85 (2009), no. 9, 135--137. doi:10.3792/pjaa.85.135. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.pja/1257430681

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