Varying weights for orthogonal polynomials with monotonically varying recurrence coefficients (Q2481507)

The authors consider orthogonal polynomials \(\{P_{n,N}, \;n=0,1,2,\ldots\}\), where \(n\) is the degree of the polynomial and \(N\) is a discrete parameter. These polynomials are orthogonal with respect to a varying weight \(W_{N}\) which depends on the parameter \(N\) and they satisfy a recurrence relation with varying recurrence coefficients which they are assumed to be varying monotonically as \(N\) tends to infinity. The authors establish the existence of the limit \(W=\lim_{N \to \infty} W_{N}^{1/N}\). They also provide some information about the importance of a limit of this type and the motivation of the result. The authors present a connection of this limit to an external field for an equilibrium problem in logarithmic potential theory.