ON THE CONVEXITY OF THE OVALS OF LEMNISCATES
Abstract
A lemniscate is defined as a locus in the zplane P(z) = M, where P(z) is a polynomial not identically constant and M is a constant. This locus consists of one or more Jordan curves (branches of the lemniscate), which are mutually exterior except that each one of a finite number of points may belong to several branches. Each branch is sometimes called an oval, and the question arises whether these curves are actually ovals in the sense of being convex, at least when M is sufficiently small. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0264702
Entities
People
- J.l. Walsh
Organizations
- Harvard University