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On Hyperbolic Polynomials and Four-term Recurrence with Linear Coefficients

Complex Variables 2019-04-30 v1 Classical Analysis and ODEs

Abstract

For any real numbers a, ba,\ b, and cc, we form the sequence of polynomials {Pn(z)}n=0\{P_n(z)\}_{n=0}^\infty satisfying the four-term recurrence Pn(z)+azPn1(z)+bPn2(z)+czPn3(z)=0, nN, P_n(z)+azP_{n-1}(z)+bP_{n-2}(z)+czP_{n-3}(z)=0,\ n\in\mathbb{N}, with the initial conditions P0(z)=1P_0(z)=1 and Pn(z)=0P_{-n}(z)=0. We find necessary and sufficient conditions on a, ba,\ b, and cc under which the zeros of Pn(z)P_n(z) are real for all nn, and provide an explicit real interval on which n=0Z(Pn)\displaystyle\bigcup_{n=0}^\infty\mathcal{Z}(P_n) is dense, where Z(Pn)\mathcal{Z}(P_n) is the set of zeros of Pn(z)P_n(z).

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@article{arxiv.1904.12455,
  title  = {On Hyperbolic Polynomials and Four-term Recurrence with Linear Coefficients},
  author = {Richard Adams},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.12455},
  year   = {2019}
}
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