A new linear spectral transformation associated with derivatives of Dirac linear functionals (Q655449)

Let \(\mathcal L\) be a quasi-definite linear functional defined on the space of Laurent polynomials. The authors consider several types of perturbations of \(\mathcal L\) by the addition of Dirac delta functionals supported on \(N\) points of the unit circle or on its complement, by the addition of the first derivative of the Dirac linear functional when its support is a point on the unit circle or two points symmetric with respect to the unit circle. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the quasi-definiteness of the perturbed linear functional are obtained. Outer relative asymptotics for the related sequence of monic orthogonal polynomials in terms of the original ones are obtained. Finally, using the relation between the corresponding Carathéodory functions the authors prove that the last above-mentioned linear spectral transform can be decomposed as an iteration of Christoffel and Geronimus linear transformations.