Abstract |
Let r(z) be a rational function with at most n poles, a1, a2, . . . , an, where |aj | > 1, 1 ≤ j ≤ n.
This paper investigates the estimate of the modulus of the derivative of a rational function r(z) on the
unit circle. We establish an upper bound when all zeros of r(z) lie in |z| ≥ k ≥ 1 and a lower bound when
all zeros of r(z) lie in |z| ≤ k ≤ 1. In particular, when k = 1 and r(z) has exactly n zeros, we obtain a
generalization of results by Aziz and Shah. |