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Alexandre Eremenko
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Function $z\mapsto\overline{P(z)}$ has at most $3d-2$ fixed points, where $d\geq 2$ is the degree of $P$, and this is best possible. This remarkable result is due to Khavinson and Swiatek,

MR1933331 Khavinson, Dmitry, Świa̧tek, Grzegorz On the number of zeros of certain harmonic polynomials, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 131 (2003), no. 2, 409–414.

and it was later generalized to rational functions, and to some other functions. There is a survey of related results:

D. Khavinson and G. Neumann, From the fundamental theorem of algebra to astrophysics: a “harmonious” path, Notices Amer. Math. Soc. 55 (2008), no. 6, 666–675

Alexandre Eremenko
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