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Published by the American Mathematical Society since 1950, Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society is devoted to shorter research articles in all areas of pure and applied mathematics.

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On the self-intersections of the image of the unit circle under a polynomial mapping
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by J. R. Quine PDF
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 39 (1973), 135-140 Request permission

Abstract:

We prove that if $p$ is a polynomial of degree $n$, then with certain exceptions the image of the unit circle under the mapping $p$ has at most ${(n - 1)^2}$ points of self-intersection. We apply our method to the problem of computing polynomials univalent in $|z| < 1$.
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Additional Information
  • © Copyright 1973 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 39 (1973), 135-140
  • MSC: Primary 30A06
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1973-0313485-X
  • MathSciNet review: 0313485