Related papers: On the length of lemniscates

Let p(z) be a monic polynomial of degree n. Consider the lemniscate L={z:|p(z)|=1}. It has been conjectured that L has the largest length when p(z)=z^n-1. We show that the length of L attains a local maximum at this polynomial and prove the…

Let $n \geq 1$, and let $p : {\bf C} \to {\bf C}$ be a monic polynomial of degree $n$. It was conjectured by Erd\H{o}s, Herzog, and Piranian that the maximal length of lemniscate $\{z \in {\bf C}: |p(z)| = 1\}$ is attained by the polynomial…

A polynomial lemniscate is a curve in the complex plane defined by $\{z \in \mathbb{C}:|p(z)|=t\}$. Erd\"os, Herzog, and Piranian posed the extremal problem of determining the maximum length of a lemniscate $\Lambda=\{ z \in…

We prove that for every $0 < c < 4$ and every $N \in \mathbb{N}$ there exists a monic polynomial $p(z) = z^n + a_{n-1} z^{n-1} + \dots + a_0$ such that the set $\{z \in \mathbb{C} : |p(z)| \leq 1\}$ has at least $N$ connected components…

The second author proved that the set of post-critically finite polynomials of given degree is a set of bounded height, up to change of variables. Motivated by an observation about unicritical polynomials, we complement this by proving that…

We consider a family of heights defined by the $L_p$ norms of polynomials with respect to the equilibrium measure of a lemniscate for $0 \le p \le \infty$, where $p=0$ corresponds to the geometric mean (the generalized Mahler measure) and…

We prove that lemniscates (i.e., sets of the form $|P(z)|=1$ where $P$ is a complex polynomial) are irreducible real algebraic curves.

A lemniscate of a complex polynomial $Q_n$ of degree $n$ is a sublevel set of its modulus, i.e., of the form $\{z \in \mathbb{C}: |Q_n(z)| < t\}$ for some $t>0.$ In general, the number of connected components of this lemniscate can vary…

We obtain a more precise version of an asymptotic formula of A. Dubickas for the number of monic Eisenstein polynomials of fixed degree $d$ and of height at most $H$, as $H\to \infty$. In particular, we give an explicit bound for the error…

We show that the set of complex points in the moduli space of polynomials of degree d corresponding to post-critically finite polynomials is a set of algebraic points of bounded height. It follows that for any B, the set of conjugacy…

We study the maximum modulus set, $\mathcal{M}(p)$, of a polynomial $p$. We are interested in constructing $p$ so that $\mathcal{M}(p)$ has certain exceptional features. Jassim and London gave a cubic polynomial $p$ such that…

We study root separation of reducible monic integer polynomials of odd degree. Let h(P) be the naive height, sep(P) the minimal distance between two distinct roots of an integer polynomial P(x) and sep(P)=h(P)^{-e(P)}. Let…

The descriptions (up to isomorphism) of naturally graded $p$-filiform Leibniz algebras and $p$-filiform ($p\leq 3$) Leibniz algebras of maximum length are known. In this paper we study the gradation of maximum length for $p$-filiform…

To each generic complex polynomial $p(z)$ there is associated a labeled binary tree (here referred to as a "lemniscate tree") that encodes the topological type of the graph of $|p(z)|$. The branching structure of the lemniscate tree is…

Let $K\subset\mathbb{C}$ be a compact set in the plane whose logarithmic capacity $c(K)$ is strictly positive. Let $\mathscr{P}_n(K)$ be the space of monic polynomials of degree $n,$ \emph{all} of whose zeros lie in $K.$ For $p\in…

Given a lower envelope in the form of an arbitrary sequence $u$, let $LSP(u, d)$ denote the maximum length of any subsequence of $u$ that can be realized as the lower envelope of a set of polynomials of degree at most $d$. Let $sp(m, d)$…

Consider a logharmonic polynomial; that is, a product of the form $p(z)\overline{q(z)}$, where $p$, $q$ are holomorphic polynomials. Assume $q$ is linear and denote by $n$ the degree of $p$. It was recently shown in arXiv:2302.04339…

We consider families of polynomial lemniscates in the complex plane and determine if they bound a Jordan domain. This allows us to find examples of regions for which we can calculate the projection of $\bar{z}$ to the Bergman space of the…

A polynomial over a ring is called decomposable if it is a composition of two nonlinear polynomials. In this paper, we obtain sharp lower and upper bounds for the number of decomposable polynomials with integer coefficients of fixed degree…

We initiate a classification of complex polynomials f of degree d having the top Betti number of the general fibre close to the maximum. We find a range in which the polynomial must have isolated singularities and another range where it may…