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Orthogonal polynomials on several intervals: accumulation points of recurrence coefficients and of zeros

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2010-01-05 v1 Complex Variables

Abstract

Let E=j=1l[a2j1,a2j],E = \cup_{j = 1}^l [a_{2j-1},a_{2j}], a1<a2<...<a2l,a_1 < a_2 < ... < a_{2l}, l2l \geq 2 and set {\boldmath\omega}(\infty) =(\omega_1(\infty),...,\omega_{l-1}(\infty)), where ωj()\omega_j(\infty) is the harmonic measure of [a2j1,a2j][a_{2 j - 1}, a_{2 j}] at infinity. Let μ\mu be a measure which is on EE absolutely continuous and satisfies Szeg\H{o}'s-condition and has at most a finite number of point measures outside EE, and denote by (Pn)(P_n) and (Qn)({\mathcal Q}_n) the orthonormal polynomials and their associated Weyl solutions with respect to dμd\mu, satisfying the recurrence relation λ2+ny1+n=(xα1+n)ynλ1+ny1+n\sqrt{\lambda_{2 + n}} y_{1 + n} = (x - \alpha_{1 + n}) y_n -\sqrt{\lambda_{1 + n}} y_{-1 + n}. We show that the recurrence coefficients have topologically the same convergence behavior as the sequence (n {\boldmath\omega}(\infty))_{n\in \mathbb N} modulo 1; More precisely, putting ({\boldmath\alpha}^{l-1}_{1 + n}, {\boldmath\lambda}^{l-1}_{2 + n}) = (α[l12]+1+n,...,(\alpha_{[\frac{l 1}{2}]+1+n},..., α1+n,...,\alpha_{1+n},..., α[l22]+1+n,\alpha_{-[\frac{l-2}{2}]+1+n}, λ[l22]+2+n,\lambda_{[\frac{l-2}{2}]+2+n}, ...,λ2+n,...,\lambda_{2+n}, ...,..., λ[l12]+2+n)\lambda_{-[\frac{l-1}{2}]+2+n}) we prove that ({\boldmath\alpha}^{l-1}_{1 + n_\nu}, {\boldmath\lambda}^{l-1}_{2 + n_\nu})_{\nu \in \mathbb N} converges if and only if (n_\nu {\boldmath\omega}(\infty))_{\nu \in \mathbb N} converges modulo 1 and we give an explicit homeomorphism between the sets of accumulation points of ({\boldmath\alpha}^{l-1}_{1 + n}, {\boldmath\lambda}^{l-1}_{2 + n}) and (n{\boldmath\omega}(\infty)) modulo 1.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1001.0478,
  title  = {Orthogonal polynomials on several intervals: accumulation points of recurrence coefficients and of zeros},
  author = {Franz Peherstorfer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1001.0478},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

The last modifications and corrections of this manuscript were done by the author in the two months preceding this passing away in November 2009. The manuscript is not published elsewhere