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Positivity of Tur\'an determinants for orthogonal polynomials II

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2021-06-29 v3

Abstract

The polynomials pnp_n orthogonal on the interval [1,1],[-1,1], normalized by pn(1)=1,p_n(1)=1, satisfy Tur\'an's inequality if pn2(x)pn1(x)pn+1(x)0p_n^2(x)-p_{n-1}(x)p_{n+1}(x)\ge 0 for n1n\ge 1 and for all xx in the interval of orthogonality. We give a general criterion for orthogonal polynomials to satisfy Tur\'an's inequality. This extends essentially the results of \cite{szw}. In particular the results can be applied to many classes of orthogonal polynomials, by inspecting their recurrence relation.

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@article{arxiv.2009.09711,
  title  = {Positivity of Tur\'an determinants for orthogonal polynomials II},
  author = {Ryszard Szwarc},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.09711},
  year   = {2021}
}