On the asymptotics of the Meixner-Pollaczek polynomials and their zeros (Q5928190)

An infinite asymptotic expansion is derived for the Meixner-Pollaczek polynomials \(M_n(n\alpha; \delta,n)\) as \(n\to\infty\), which holds uniformly for \(-M\leq\alpha\leq M\), where \(M\) can be any positive number. This expansion involves the parabolic cylinder function and its derivative. If \(\alpha_{n,s}\) denotes the \(s\)th zero of \(M_n(n\alpha; \delta,\eta)\), counted from the right, and if \(\widetilde\alpha_{n,s}\) denotes \(s\)th zero counted form the left, then for each \(s\), three-term asymptotic approximations are obtained for both \(\alpha_{n,s}\) and \(\widetilde\alpha_{n,s}\) as \(n\to\infty\).