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Roots of generalised Hermite polynomials when both parameters are large

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2021-03-11 v3 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We study the roots of the generalised Hermite polynomials Hm,nH_{m,n} when both mm and nn are large. We prove that the roots, when appropriately rescaled, densely fill a bounded quadrilateral region, called the elliptic region, and organise themselves on a deformed rectangular lattice, as was numerically observed by Clarkson. We describe the elliptic region and the deformed lattice in terms of elliptic integrals and their degenerations. Keywords: Generalised Hermite polynomials; roots asymptotics; Painleve IV; Boutroux Curves; Tritronquee solution.

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@article{arxiv.1907.08552,
  title  = {Roots of generalised Hermite polynomials when both parameters are large},
  author = {Davide Masoero and Pieter Roffelsen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.08552},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

64 pages, 20 figures, sections on the elliptic region and WKB analysis largely rewritten

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