A reciprocal Schoenberg inequality and its extensions
Abstract
We study reciprocal moments of the critical points of a polynomial with a simple zero at the origin. A positive similarity transforms a reciprocal derivative companion into a complex symmetric matrix. This gives a short proof of the reciprocal Schoenberg inequality and a refinement for every elementary symmetric function. We determine the optimal constants in the corresponding inequalities for every positive exponent, including the sublinear range, and extend the results to arbitrary positive charges. We also characterize the normal powers of the companion and of its symmetric representative. The resulting criterion gives the complete equality cases in two quartic inequalities and explains the appearance of noncollinear equality configurations at higher orders. We also obtain a closed generating determinant and a quantitative collinearity estimate.
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BibTeX
@misc{holtz2026reciprocal,
title = {{A reciprocal Schoenberg inequality and its extensions}},
author = {Olga Holtz},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.41325},
eprint = {2610.41325},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.41325},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - A reciprocal Schoenberg inequality and its extensions
AU - Olga Holtz
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/30
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.41325
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.41325
AB - We study reciprocal moments of the critical points of a polynomial with a simple zero at the origin. A positive similarity transforms a reciprocal derivative companion into a complex symmetric matrix. This gives a short proof of the reciprocal Schoenberg inequality and a refinement for every elementary symmetric function. We determine the optimal constants in the corresponding inequalities for every positive exponent, including the sublinear range, and extend the results to arbitrary positive charges. We also characterize the normal powers of the companion and of its symmetric representative. The resulting criterion gives the complete equality cases in two quartic inequalities and explains the appearance of noncollinear equality configurations at higher orders. We also obtain a closed generating determinant and a quantitative collinearity estimate.
ER -