scientific article; zbMATH DE number 14397

Gamma, beta and polygamma functions (33B15) Orthogonal polynomials and functions of hypergeometric type (Jacobi, Laguerre, Hermite, Askey scheme, etc.) (33C45) Orthogonal functions and polynomials, general theory of nontrigonometric harmonic analysis (42C05)

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The Selberg integral formula has been extended by \textit{K. Aomoto} [SIAM J. Math. Anal. 18, 545-549 (1987; Zbl 0639.33001)], to the evaluation of \[ \int_{[0,1]^ n}t_ 1\dots t_ m\prod^ n_{i=1}(t_ i^{x- 1}(1-t_ i)^{y-1})\cdot|\prod_{1\leq i<j\leq n}(t_ i-t_ j)| ^{2z} dt. \] Aomoto also showed the relationship of this formula to certain Jacobi polynomials. In the present paper Habsieger establishes the relationship in another way, by use of the determinantal formula for orthogonal polynomials in terms of the moments of the weight function. This article also applies the Selberg integral to compute the transfinite diameters of an interval and a circle. This diameter is defined to be \[ \lim_{n\to\infty}\sup_{z_ 1,z_ 2\dots ,z_ n\in K}\biggl(\prod_{1\leq i<j\leq n}| z_ i-z_ j|\biggr)^{2/(n(n-1))} \] for a compact set \(K\subset{\mathbb{C}}\). The idea is to find the sup-norm as a limit of \(p\)-norms (each calculated by use of the Selberg integral) as \(p\to\infty\).

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