2017/11/27 by Melman, Aaron
#30C15 #65H05 #Complex Variables (math.CV) #FOS: Mathematics
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1711.09517
The classical Enestrom-Kakeya theorem establishes upper and lower bounds on the zeros of a polynomial with positive coefficients that are explicit functions of those coefficients. We establish a unifying framework that incorporates this theorem and several similar ones as special cases, while generating new theorems of a similar type. These establish zero inclusion and exclusion regions consisting of a single disk or the union of several disks in the complex plane. Our framework is built on two basic tools, namely a generalization of an observation by Cauchy, and a family of polynomial multipliers. Its approach is transparent and reduces algebraic manipulations to a minimum.