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Hyperbolic geodesics, Krzyz's conjecture and beyond

Complex Variables 2016-03-09 v1

Abstract

In 1968, Krzyz conjectured that for non-vanishing holomorphic functions f(z)=c0+c1z+f(z) = c_0 + c_1 z + \dots in the unit disk with f(z)1|f(z)| \leq 1, we have the sharp bound cn2/e|c_n| \leq 2/e for all n1n \geq 1, with equality only for the function f(z)=exp[(zn1)/(zn+1)]f(z) = exp [(z^n - 1)/(z^n + 1)] and its rotations. This conjecture was considered by many researchers, but only partial results have been established. The desired estimate has been proved only for n5n \leq 5. We provide here two different proofs of this conjecture and its generalizations based on completely different ideas.

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@article{arxiv.1603.02668,
  title  = {Hyperbolic geodesics, Krzyz's conjecture and beyond},
  author = {Samuel L. Krushkal},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.02668},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

This is a corrected and expanded version of arXiv:0908.2587

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