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Equilibrium points of logarithmic potentials on convex domains

Author(s): J. K. Langley
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 135 (2007), 2821-2826.
MSC (2000): Primary 30D35, 31A05, 31B05
Posted: February 7, 2007
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Abstract: Let $ D$ be a convex domain in $ \mathbb{C}$. Let $ a_k > 0$ be summable constants and let $ z_k \in D$. If the $ z_k$ converge sufficiently rapidly to $ \zeta \in \partial D$ from within an appropriate Stolz angle, then the function $ \sum_{k=1}^\infty a_k /( z - z_k ) $ has infinitely many zeros in $ D$. An example shows that the hypotheses on the $ z_k$ are not redundant and that two recently advanced conjectures are false.


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Additional Information:

J. K. Langley
Affiliation: School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
Email: jkl@maths.nott.ac.uk

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-07-08791-6
PII: S 0002-9939(07)08791-6
Keywords: Critical points, potentials, zeros of meromorphic functions.
Received by editor(s): February 21, 2006
Received by editor(s) in revised form: May 19, 2006
Posted: February 7, 2007
Communicated by: Juha M. Heinonen
Copyright of article: Copyright 2007, American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.


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