Electrostatic equilibria on the unit circle via Jacobi polynomials

DOI10.1063/5.0026058zbMATH Open1455.78006arXiv2008.09176OpenAlexW3080818719MaRDI QIDQ3386503FDOQ3386503

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Publication date: 4 January 2021

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We use classical Jacobi polynomials to identify the equilibrium configurations of charged particles confined to the unit circle. Our main result unifies two theorems from a 1986 paper of Forrester and Rogers.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.09176

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zbMATH Keywords

Jacobi polynomialsequilibrium configurationscharged particles

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Orthogonal polynomials and functions of hypergeometric type (Jacobi, Laguerre, Hermite, Askey scheme, etc.) (33C45) Motion of charged particles (78A35)

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