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A computer-assisted lower bound for Landau's constant

Abstract

We prove the lower bounds \[ B_\infty>0.51,\qquad L>0.51, \] where $B_\infty$ is the locally univalent Bloch constant and $L$ is Landau's constant, improving the bound $\frac{1}{2}+2\cdot10^{-8}$ of Chen and Shiba. The argument passes to the logarithm $g=\log f'$ of a normalized locally univalent Bloch function, where the Bloch condition becomes a one-sided linear constraint on $\operatorname{Re} g$; positive Toeplitz moment matrices then provide a finite-dimensional outer relaxation for the low logarithmic coefficients, and any non-negative dual vector for a linear program over that relaxation certifies a bound. Floating-point linear programming is used only to discover such dual vectors; the same duality also certifies the second-derivative bounds that control the Taylor allowances and the coefficient caps that contract the cover. An independent arbitrary-precision interval-arithmetic program reconstructs every witness and checks a finite cover of the normalized coefficient body by $1179$ boxes, the smallest certified radius being $0.51003$. All numerical premises were verified with Arb at $80$ decimal digits.

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Frank Wikström. 2026-09-19. A computer-assisted lower bound for Landau's constant. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.23236

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