Notes on the Szegő minimum problem. II: Singular measures (Q2218733)

If \(\rho\) is a measure on the unit circle \(\mathbb{T}\), then \[ e_n(\rho)^2:= \min_{q_0,\dots,q_{n-1}}\int_{\mathbb{T}}|t^n + q_{n-1}t^{n-1}+ \dots + q_1t + q_0|^2\,d\rho(t). \] Denote by \(m\) the normalized Lebesgue measure on \(\mathbb{T}\). The Nevai conjecture states that for any measure \(\mu\) with \(\mu'>0\) \(m\)-a.e. and for any positive function \(w\) with \(\log w\in L^1(m)\), one has \[ \lim_{n\to\infty}\frac{e_n(w\mu)}{e_n(\mu)} = \exp\left(\frac{1}{2}\int_{\mathbb{T}}\log w\,dm \right). \] The authors prove several estimates of the quantity \(e_n(\rho)\) for classes of measures \(\rho\) supported by small subsets of \(\mathbb{T}\). Among these estimates there are those that refute the Nevai conjecture.