Jacobi polynomials, Bernstein-type inequalities and dispersion estimates for the discrete Laguerre operator (Q1649350)

The Legendre polynomials satisfy the Bernstein's inequality \((1-x^2)^{1/4}|P_n(x)|\leq 2/\sqrt{\pi(2n+1)}\), for any \(x\in[-1,1]\). The authors are mainly interested in obtaining uniform estimates for certain expressions of the form \((-x)^a(1+x)^b|P_n^{(\alpha,\beta)}(x)|\) on \([-1,1]\), where \(P_n^{(\alpha,\beta)}\) are the Jacobi polynomials. The obtained estimates allowed them to investigate the dispersive estimates of certain Schrödinger equations whose Hamiltonian is a discrete Laguerre operator \(H_\alpha\) acting in \(\ell^2(\{0,1,2,\ldots\})\). This is based on the fact that the kernel of the evolution group \(\text{e}^{\text{i}tH_\alpha}\) can be expressed by means of the Jacobi polynomials.