Widom factors for generalized Jacobi measures

Abstract: We study optimal lower and upper bounds for Widom factors

W_{i n f t y, n} (K, w)

associated with Chebyshev polynomials for the weights

w (x) = s q r t 1 + x

and

w (x) = s q r t 1 - x

on compact subsets of

[- 1, 1]

. We show which sets saturate these bounds. We consider Widom factors

W_{2, n} (m u)

for

L_{2} (m u)

extremal polynomials for measures of the form

where

,

and

m u_{K}

is the equilibrium measure of a compact regular set

K

in

[- 1, 1]

with

p m 1 i n K

. We show that for such measures the improved lower bound

[W_{2, n} (m u)]^{2} g e q 2 S (m u)

holds. For the special cases

d m u (x) = (1 - x^{2}) d m u_{K} (x)

,

d m u (x) = (1 - x) d m u_{K} (x)

,

d m u (x) = (1 + x) d m u_{K} (x)

we determine which sets saturate this lower bound and discuss how saturated lower bounds for

[W_{2, n} (m u)]^{2}

and

W_{i n f t y, n} (K, w)

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