Global bounds on stable polynomials

Abstract

A classical inequality of Sz\'asz bounds polynomials with no zeros in the upper half plane entirely in terms of their first few coefficients. Borcea-Br\"and\'en generalized this result to several variables as a piece of their characterization of linear maps on polynomials preserving stability. In this paper, we improve Sz\'asz's original inequality, use determinantal representations to prove Sz\'asz type inequalities in two variables, and then prove that one can use the two variable inequality to prove an inequality for several variables.