Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 April 2009
For α ≥ 0 and β ≥ 0, let K(β) consist of those functions f(z), analytic and non-zero in |z| < 1, such that for θ1 < θ2 < θ1 + 2π and . It is conjectured that for 1 ≤ α ≤ β and α an integer, the weighted convolution of polynomials having their zeros on |z| = 1 and belonging to K(α, β), also belong to K(α, β). This conjecture is known to be true for the case α = 1, which leads to an alternative proof for the generalised Polya-Schoenberg conjecture. The case α = 2 is also known to be true for cubic polynomials. We prove the conjecture for certain quartic polynomials when 2 ≤ α ≤ 4.