Jacobi-Sobolev-type orthogonal polynomials: Second-order differential equation and zeros (Q1298491)

The authors consider the family of monic orthogonal polynomials \(Q_n^{\alpha,\beta,A_1,B_1,A_2,B_2}(x)\) with respect to the inner product \[ \langle p,q \rangle=\int_{-1}^1 p(x) q(x) \rho(x) dx+ A_1 p(1) q(1)+B_1 p(-1) q(-1)+A_2 p'(1) q'(1)+B_2 p'(-1) q'(-1) \] where \(\rho(x)=(1-x)^\alpha (1+x)^\beta\) is the Jacobi weight function. They develop a representation for \(Q_n^{\alpha,\beta,A_1,B_1,A_2,B_2}(x)\) as linear combination of the Jacobi polynomials \(P_n^{\alpha,\beta}(x)\) and their first and second derivatives. This representation is equivalent to a hypergeometric representation of type \( _6F_5\) which is used to find a seven-term recurrence as well as a second-order differential equation for \(Q_n^{\alpha,\beta,A_1,B_1,A_2,B_2}(x)\). Next, asymptotic formulas are considered. Finally, asymptotic results for the zeros of \(Q_n^{\alpha,\beta,A_1,B_1,A_2,B_2}(x)\) are given.