Monotonicity of zeros of Jacobi polynomials (Q2472361)

It is well known that the zeros \(x_{nk}(\alpha,\beta)\), \(k=1,\ldots,n\) of the Jacobi polynomials \(P_n^{(\alpha,\beta)}\) are increasing functions of \(\beta\). The main problem under consideration in the present paper is to find a function \(f_n(\alpha,\beta)\) such that for a fixed \(\alpha>-1\) the product \(f_n(\alpha,\beta)(1-x_{nk}(\alpha,\beta))\) is still an increasing function of \(\beta\). The authors show that \(f_n(\alpha,\beta)= 2n^2+2n(\alpha+\beta+1)+ (\alpha+1)(\beta+1)\) is such a function, and it is asymptotically extremal in the sense that there is no function with the slower growth which forces the above product to increase.