Asymptotic zero distribution of complex orthogonal polynomials associated with Gaussian quadrature (Q619063): Difference between revisions

The authors study the limit behavior of the zeros of the polynomials that are orthogonal with respect to an oscillatory weight function of exponential type along a path \(\Gamma\) in the complex plane, \[ \int_\Gamma\pi_n(z)z^ke^{iz^r}\,dz=0,\quad k=0,1,\dots,n-1, \] such that the integral is well defined. The parameter \(r\geq 2\) is an integer and in this paper the case \(r=3\) is considered. The zeros of these polynomials are the nodes for the complex Gaussian quadrature of an oscillatory integral on the real axis with a high order stationary point, and their limit distribution is also analyzed. It is proved that the zeros accumulate along a contour in the complex plane that has the \(S\)-property in an external field. Strong asymptotics of the orthogonal polynomials are obtained by applying the nonlinear Deift-Zhou steepest descent method to the corresponding Riemann-Hilbert problem.