Orthogonal polynomials and Christoffel functions for \(\text{exp}(- | x|)^ \alpha\), \(\alpha\leq 1\) (Q1890565)

From MaRDI portal
scientific article
Language Label Description Also known as
English
Orthogonal polynomials and Christoffel functions for \(\text{exp}(- | x|)^ \alpha\), \(\alpha\leq 1\)
scientific article

    Statements

    Orthogonal polynomials and Christoffel functions for \(\text{exp}(- | x|)^ \alpha\), \(\alpha\leq 1\) (English)
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    5 July 1995
    0 references
    There has recently been a lot of activity concerning orthogonal polynomials and Christoffel functions for weights that include among others exponential weights \(W(x)= \exp(- |x|^\alpha)\), \(\alpha> 1\). The assumption \(\alpha> 1\) is a technical one, but earlier methods worked only under this assumption. The same problems need new methods and turn out to be more difficult when \(0< \alpha\leq 1\). In this paper, this extension of the previous results to \(\alpha\leq 1\) is carried out. The authors proves exact asymptotics for the Christoffel function on the whole range (and a little outside) of the Mhaskar-Rahmanov-Saff interval. This asymptotics is of the form \[ \lambda_n(W^2, x)\sim \Lambda_n(x) W^2(x), \] where \(\Lambda_n\) is the explicitly given function \(n^{1/\alpha- 1} \max\{n^{- 2/3}, 1- |x|/a_n\}^{- 1/2}\) (here \(a_n\) is the Mhaskar-Rahmanov-Saff number). As a corollary sharp estimates for the largest zero and for the difference of consecutive zeros of the associated orthogonal polynomials are deduced, as well as with asymptotics for the supremum norms of the (weighted) polynomials, themselves. The proofs are difficult and long, and along them many interesting other results are proven. This is a truly outstanding research paper that exhibits most of the techniques found in the literature together with fine new ideas.
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    Freud polynomials
    0 references
    orthogonal polynomials
    0 references
    Christoffel functions
    0 references
    exponential weights
    0 references
    asymptotics
    0 references
    Mhaskar-Rahmanov-Saff number
    0 references
    zeros
    0 references
    0 references