Rankin and Swinnerton-Dyer [R, S-D] prove that all zeros of the Eisenstein series Ek in the standard fundamental domain for Γ lie on A := {eiθ : π 2 ≤ θ ≤ 2π 3 }. In this paper we generalize their theorem, providing conditions under which the zeros of other modular forms lie only on the arc A. Using this result we prove a speculation of Ono, namely that the zeros of the unique “gap function” in...

We present a general, rigorous theory of partition function zeros for lattice spin models depending on one complex parameter. First, we formulate a set of natural assumptions which are verified for a large class of spin models in a companion paper [5]. Under these assumptions, we derive equations whose solutions give the location of the zeros of the partition function with periodic boundary con...

A systematic procedure is presented for synthesis of generalized Chebyshev lossy bandstop filters with non-paraconjugate transmission zeros. From a lossy scattering parameters with the prescribed reflection zeros, the transformation formulas from the scattering matrix to the admittance matrix are obtained by reconstructing the non-paraconjugate transmission zeros as paraconjugate ones. The cano...

Comparison is made between the distribution of saddle points in the chaotic analytic function and in the characteristic polynomials of the Ginibre ensemble. Realising the logarithmic derivative of these infinite polynomials as the electric field of a distribution of coulombic charges at the zeros, a simple mean-field electrostatic argument shows that the density of saddles minus zeros falls off...

We give new sufficient conditions for a sequence of polynomials to have only real zeros based on the method of interlacing zeros. As applications we derive several well-known facts, including the reality of zeros of orthogonal polynomials, matching polynomials, Narayana polynomials and Eulerian polynomials. We also settle certain conjectures of Stahl on genus polynomials by proving them for cer...

The zeros of certain different sequences of orthogonal polynomials interlace in a well-defined way. The study of this phenomenon and the conditions under which it holds lead to a set of points that can be applied as bounds for the extreme zeros of the polynomials. We consider different sequences of the discrete orthogonal Meixner and Kravchuk polynomials and use mixed three term recurrence rela...

For a polynomial p(z) of degree n, having all zeros in |z|< k, k< 1, Dewan et al [K. K. Dewan, N. Singh and A. Mir, Extension of some polynomial inequalities to the polar derivative, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 352 (2009) 807-815] obtained inequality between the polar derivative of p(z) and maximum modulus of p(z). In this paper we improve and extend the above inequality. Our result generalizes certai...

We present a general, rigorous theory of Lee-Yang zeros for models with first-order phase transitions and derive formulas for the positions and the density of the zeros. In particular, we show that for models without symmetry, the curves on which the zeros lie are generically not circles, and can have topologically nontrivial features, such as bifurcation. Our results are illustrated in three m...

In this paper, we investigate the properties of Ramanujan polynomials, a family of reciprocal polynomials with real coefficients originating from Ramanujan’s work. We begin by finding their number of real zeros, establishing a bound on their sizes, and determining their limiting values. Next, we prove that all nonreal zeros of Ramanujan polynomials lie on the unit circle, and are asymptotically...