Duality between loci of complex polynomials and the zeros of polar derivatives

Abstract

AbstractThis work investigates the connections between the notion of a locus of a complex polynomial and the polar derivatives. Polar differentiation extends classical derivatives and provides additional flexibility. The notion of a locus was introduced in [8] and proved useful in providing sharp versions of several classical results in the area known as Geometry of Polynomials. The investigations culminated in the work [11]. A need was revealed for a unified treatment of bounded and unbounded loci of polynomials of degree at most n as well as a unified treatment of polar derivatives and ordinary derivatives. This work aims at providing such a framework.