Introduction / 1: |
The fundamental theorem of algebra / 1.1: |
Symmetric polynomials / 1.2: |
The continuity theorem / 1.3: |
Orthogonal polynomials: general properties / 1.4: |
The classical orthogonal polynomials / 1.5: |
Harmonic and subharmonic functions / 1.6: |
Tools from matrix analysis / 1.7: |
Notes / 1.8: |
Critical Points in Terms of Zeros / I: |
Fundamental results on critical points / 2: |
Convex hulls and the Gauss-Lucas theorem / 2.1: |
Extensions of the Gauss-Lucas theorem / 2.2: |
Average distances from a line or a point / 2.3: |
Real polynomials and Jensen's theorem / 2.4: |
Extensions of Jensen's theorem / 2.5: |
More sophisticated methods / 2.6: |
Circular domains and polar derivative / 3.1: |
Laguerre's theorem, its variants, and applications / 3.2: |
Apolarity / 3.3: |
Grace's theorem and equivalent forms / 3.4: |
More specific results on critical points / 3.5: |
Products and quotients of polynomials / 4.1: |
Derivatives of reciprocals of polynomials / 4.2: |
Complex analogues of Rolle's theorem / 4.3: |
Bounds for some of the critical points / 4.4: |
Converse results / 4.5: |
Applications to compositions of polynomials / 4.6: |
Linear combination of rational functions / 5.1: |
Complex analogues of the intermediate-value theorem / 5.2: |
Linear combination of derivatives: Walsh's approach / 5.3: |
Linear combination of derivatives: recursive approach / 5.4: |
Multiplicative composition: Schur-Szego approach / 5.5: |
Multiplicative composition: Laguerre's approach / 5.6: |
Multipliers preserving the reality of zeros / 5.7: |
Polynomials with real zeros / 5.8: |
The span of a polynomial / 6.1: |
Largest zero and largest critical point / 6.2: |
Interlacing and the Hermite-Biehler theorem / 6.3: |
Consecutive zeros and critical points / 6.4: |
Refinement of Rolle's theorem / 6.5: |
Conjectures and solutions / 6.6: |
A conjecture of Popoviciu / 7.1: |
A conjecture of Smale / 7.2: |
The conjecture of Sendov / 7.3: |
Zeros in Terms of Coefficients / 7.4: |
Inclusion of all zeros / 8: |
The Cauchy bound and its estimates / 8.1: |
Various refinements / 8.2: |
Multipliers and the Enestrom-Kakeya theorem / 8.3: |
More general expansions / 8.4: |
Orthogonal expansions with real coefficients / 8.5: |
Alternative approach by matrix methods / 8.6: |
Inclusion of some of the zeros / 8.7: |
Inclusions in terms of a norm / 9.1: |
Pellet's theorem and its consequences / 9.2: |
Bounds in terms of some of the coefficients / 9.3: |
The Landau-Montel problem / 9.4: |
Number of zeros in an interval / 9.6: |
The Budan-Fourier theorem and Descartes' rule / 10.1: |
Exact count under a side condition / 10.2: |
Extensions to pairs of conjugate zeros / 10.3: |
Exact count by Sturm sequences / 10.4: |
Exact count via quadratic forms / 10.6: |
Number of zeros in a domain / 10.7: |
General principles / 11.1: |
Number of zeros in a sector / 11.2: |
Number of zeros in a half-plane / 11.3: |
The Routh--Hurwitz problem / 11.4: |
Number of zeros in a disc / 11.5: |
Distribution of zeros / 11.6: |
Extremal Properties / 11.7: |
Growth estimates / 12: |
The Bernstein--Walsh lemma / 12.1: |
The convolution method / 12.2: |
The method of functionals / 12.3: |
Local behaviour / 12.4: |
Extensions to functions of exponential type / 12.6: |
Mean values / 12.7: |
Mean values on circles / 13.1: |
A class of linear operators / 13.2: |
Mean values on the unit interval / 13.3: |
Derivative estimates on the unit disc / 13.4: |
Bernstein's inequality and generalizations / 14.1: |
Refinements / 14.2: |
Conditions on the coefficients / 14.3: |
Conditions on the zeros / 14.4: |
Some special operators / 14.5: |
Inequalities involving mean values / 14.6: |
Derivative estimates on the unit interval / 14.7: |
Inequalities of S. Bernstein and A. Markov / 15.1: |
Extensions to higher-order derivatives / 15.2: |
Two other extensions / 15.3: |
Dependence of the bounds on the zeros / 15.4: |
Some special classes / 15.5: |
L[superscript p] analogues of Markov's inequality / 15.6: |
Coefficient estimates / 15.7: |
Polynomials on the unit circle / 16.1: |
Coefficients of real trigonometric polynomials / 16.2: |
Polynomials on the unit interval / 16.3: |
References / 16.4: |
List of notation |
Index |
Introduction / 1: |
The fundamental theorem of algebra / 1.1: |
Symmetric polynomials / 1.2: |
The continuity theorem / 1.3: |
Orthogonal polynomials: general properties / 1.4: |
The classical orthogonal polynomials / 1.5: |