• Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.53 no.3
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• pp.821-831
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• 2016

A case study is added to our recent work on Quillen phenomenon. Pointwise positivity of polynomials on generalized lemniscates of the complex plane is related to sums of hermitian squares of rational functions, and via operator quantization, to essential subnormality.

• Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.59 no.2
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• pp.353-365
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• 2022

Let 𝓐 be the collection of analytic functions f defined in 𝔻 := {ξ ∈ ℂ : |ξ| < 1} such that f(0) = f'(0) - 1 = 0. Using the concept of subordination (≺), we define $$S^*_{\ell}\;:=\;\{f{\in}A:\;\frac{{\xi}f^{\prime}({\xi})}{f({\xi})}{\prec}{\Phi}_{\ell}(\xi)=1+{\sqrt{2}{\xi}}+{\frac{{\xi}^2}{2}},\;{\xi}{\in}{\mathbb{D}}\}$$, where the function 𝚽_ℓ(ξ) maps 𝔻 univalently onto the region Ω_ℓ bounded by the limacon curve (9u² + 9v² - 18u + 5)² - 16(9u² + 9v² - 6u + 1) = 0. For 0 < r < 1, let 𝔻_r := {ξ ∈ ℂ : |ξ| < r} and 𝒢 be some geometrically defined subfamily of 𝓐. In this paper, we find the largest number 𝜌 ∈ (0, 1) and some function f₀ ∈ 𝒢 such that for each f ∈ 𝒢 𝓛_f (𝔻_r) ⊂ Ω_ℓ for every 0 < r ≤ 𝜌, and $${\mathcal{L} _{f_0}}({\partial}{\mathbb{D}_{\rho})\;{\cap}\;{\partial}{\Omega}_{\ell}\;{\not=}\;{\emptyset}$$, where the function 𝓛_f : 𝔻 → ℂ is given by $${\mathcal{L}}_f({\xi})\;:=\;{\frac{{\xi}f^{\prime}(\xi)}{f(\xi)}},\;f{\in}{\mathcal{A}}$$. Moreover, certain graphical illustrations are provided in support of the results discussed in this paper.