The asymptotic zero distribution of orthogonal polynomials with varying recurrence coefficients

Citation
Abj. Kuijlaars et W. Van Assche, The asymptotic zero distribution of orthogonal polynomials with varying recurrence coefficients, J APPROX TH, 99(1), 1999, pp. 167-197
Citations number
38
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF APPROXIMATION THEORY
ISSN journal
00219045 → ACNP
Volume
99
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
167 - 197
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9045(199907)99:1<167:TAZDOO>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
We study the zeros of orthogonal polynomials p(n, N), n = 0, 1, ..., that a re generated by recurrence coefficients a(n, N) and b(n, N) depending on a parameter N. Assuming that the recurrence coefficients converge whenever n, N tend to infinity in such a way that the ratio n/N converges, we show tha t the polynomials p(n, N) have an asymptotic zero distribution as n/N tends to t > 0 and we present an explicit formula for the limiting measure. This formula contains the asymptotic zero distributions for various special cla sses of orthogonal polynomials that were found earlier by different methods , such as Jacobi polynomials with varying parameters, discrete Chebyshev po lynomials, Krawtchouk polynomials, and Tricomi-Carlitz polynomials. We also give new results on zero distributions of Charlier polynomials, Stieltjes- Wigert polynomials, and Lommel polynomials. (C) 1999 Academic Press.