Asymptotic distribution of zeros of polynomials satisfying difference equations

  • Authors:
  • I. V. Krasovsky

  • Affiliations:
  • Technische Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Mathematik MA 7-2, Strasse des 17. Juni 136, D-10623 Berlin, Germany

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

We propose a way to find the asymptotic distribution of zeros of orthogonal polynomials pn(x) satisfying a difference equation of the form B(x)pn(x + δ) - C(x,n)pn(x) + D(x)pn(x - δ) = 0. We calculate the asymptotic distribution of zeros and asymptotics of extreme zeros of the Meixner and Meixner-Pollaczek polynomials. The distribution of zeros of Meixner polynomials shows some delicate features. We indicate the relation of our technique to the approach based on the Nevai-Dehesa-Ullman distribution.