A TURÁN-TYPE INEQUALITY FOR ENTIRE FUNCTIONS OF EXPONENTIAL TYPE

Let f(z) be an entire function of exponential type τ such that ║f║ = 1. Also suppose, in addition, that f(z) ≠ 0 for ℑz > 0 and that $h_f(\frac{\pi}{2})=0$. Then, it was proved by Gardner and Govil [Proc. Amer. Math. Soc., 123(1995), 2757-2761] that for y = ℑz ≤ 0 $${\parallel}D_{\zeta}[f]{\parallel}{\leq}\frac{\tau}{2}({\mid}{\zeta}{\mid}+1)$$, where D_ζ[f] is referred to as polar derivative of entire function f(z) with respect to ζ. In this paper, we prove an inequality in the opposite direction and thereby obtain some known inequalities concerning polynomials and entire functions of exponential type.