Related papers: On a conjecture of Widom

This article examines the asymptotic behavior of the Widom factors, denoted $\mathcal{W}_n$, for Chebyshev polynomials of finite unions of Jordan arcs. We prove that, in contrast to Widom's proposal, when dealing with a single smooth Jordan…

We survey results on Chebyshev polynomials centered around the work of H. Widom. In particular, we discuss asymptotics of the polynomials and their norms and general upper and lower bounds for the norms. Several open problems are also…

Let $\Gamma$ be a $C^{2+}$ Jordan arc and let $\Gamma_0$ be the open arc which consists of interior points of $\Gamma$. We find concrete upper and lower bounds for the limit of Widom factors for $L_2(\mu)$ extremal polynomials on $\Gamma$…

We investigate Chebyshev polynomials corresponding to Jacobi weights and determine monotonicity properties of their related Widom factors. This complements work by Bernstein from 1930-31 where the asymptotical behavior of the related…

We study the behavior of weighted residual polynomials on circular arcs, including weighted Chebyshev polynomials. For weights given by reciprocals of polynomials, we establish Szeg\H{o}-Widom asymptotics. Extending our analysis to less…

We derive optimal asymptotic and non-asymptotic lower bounds on the Widom factors for weighted Chebyshev and orthogonal polynomials on compact subsets of the real line. In the Chebyshev case we extend the optimal non-asymptotic lower bound…

We study weighted Chebyshev polynomials on compact subsets of the complex plane with respect to a bounded weight function. We establish existence and uniqueness of weighted Chebyshev polynomials and derive weighted analogs of Kolmogorov's…

We establish the strong asymptotics for Bergman orthogonal polynomials defined over Jordan domains with corners. This complements an investigation started in 1923 by T. Carleman, who derived the strong asymptotics for domains bounded by…

We consider polynomials that are orthogonal over an analytic Jordan curve L with respect to a positive analytic weight, and show that each such polynomial of sufficiently large degree can be expanded in a series of certain integral…

We consider the series of the Bergman orthogonal polynomials associated with a bounded simply-connected domain in the complex plane, whose boundary is a Jordan curve. These are the polynomials that are orthonormal with respect to the area…

We study equidistribution problem of zeros in relation to a sequence of $Z$-asymptotically Chebyshev polynomials on $\mathbb{C}^{m}$. We use certain results obtained in a very recent work of Bayraktar, Bloom and Levenberg and have an…

In 1989 H. Tverberg proposed a quite general conjecture in Discrete geometry, which could be considered as the common basis for many results in Combinatorial geometry and at the same time as a discrete analogue of the common transversal…

In 1982 Macdonald published his now famous constant term conjectures for classical root systems. This paper begins with the almost trivial observation that Macdonald's constant term identities admit an extra set of free parameters, thereby…

We consider Chebyshev polynomials, $T_n(z)$, for infinite, compact sets $\frak{e} \subset \mathbb{R}$ (that is, the monic polynomials minimizing the sup-norm, $\Vert T_n \Vert_{\frak{e}}$, on $\frak{e}$). We resolve a $45+$ year old…

We find a new formula for the orthonormal polynomials corresponding to a measure mu on the unit circle whose Verblunsky coefficients are periodic. The formula is presented using the Chebyshev polynomials of the second kind and the…

We consider some known and some new properties of the family of polynomials introduced by Ted Suffridge in 1969. We begin by giving a brief overview of their extremal properties in classic and more recent work. We also give a compact form…

The classical Hurwitz theorem says that if n first "harmonics" (2n + 1 Fourier coefficients) of a continuous function f(x) on the unit circle are zero, then f(x) changes sign at least 2n + 1 times. We show that similar facts and its…

We raise a conjecture that asymptotics for Chebyshev polynomials in a complex domain can be given in terms of the reproducing kernels of a suitable Hilbert space of analytic functions in this domain. It is based on two classical results due…

In his monograph [Classical and quantum orthogonal polynomials in one variable, Cambridge University Press, 2005 (paperback edition 2009)], Ismail conjectured that certain structure relations involving the Askey-Wilson operator characterize…

The paper has three parts. In the first part we apply the theory of commuting pairs of (pseudo) difference operators to the (formal) asymptotics of orthogonal polynomials: using purely geometrical arguments we show heuristically that the…