This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The theorem in this paper shows that the number of real simple zeros of a function of the form f(x) = q(x) + ax + b, x ∈ R, for not too wild q ...

In 1914 Pólya raised the problem of classifying the entire functions which together with all their derivatives have only real zeros. In earlier work Hellerstein and Williamson settled this problem for ...