Optimal control in Bombieri's and Tammi's conjectures

Abstract

Let $S$ stand for the usual class of univalent regular functions in the unit disk $U=\{z:|z|<1\}$ normalized by $f(z)=z+a_2{z}^2+...$ in $U$, and let $S^M$ be its subclass defined by restricting $|f(z)|<M$ in $U$, $M\ge 1$. We consider two classical problems: Bombieri's coefficient problem for the class $S$ and the sharp estimate of the fourth coefficient of a function from $S^M$. Using Löwner's parametric representation and the optimal control method we give exact initial Bombieri's numbers and derive a sharp constant $M_0$, such that for all $M\ge M_0$ the Pick function gives the local maximum to $|a_4|$. Numerical approximation is given.

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