Co-convexial reflector curves with applications
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Co-convexial reflector curves with applications
zbMATH Open document ID: 0618.30007
DOI: 10.1155/S0161171287000309
author: Abdallah M. Al-Rashed
author: N. Zaheer
published in: International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
publication date: 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z
full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/46175
review text: In solving a problem related to the Stieltjes and Van Vleck polynomials [J. Math. Anal. Appl. 110, 327-339 (1985; Zbl 0589.30004)], the authors conjectured that every convex compact subset of the complex plane is of reflecting type. In this paper, they answer their conjecture in the affirmative by the introduction of the so-called co-convexial reflector curves. Moreover, they identify some interesting geometrical features by showing that this family of reflector curves supports a theory analogous to that of confocal ellipses. As applications, they obtain new results on the zeros of Stieltjes and Van Vleck polynomials, some of which were predicted in the reference.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 30C15
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 30A10
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 30C10
zbMATH DE Number: 4002445
zbMATH Keywords: generalized Lame' differential equations
zbMATH Keywords: Stieltjes polynomials
zbMATH Keywords: Van Vleck polynomials
zbMATH Keywords: co-convexial reflector curves
reviewed by: Peter A. McCoy
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
Recommended article: Zeros of Stieltjes and Van Vleck polynomials and applications
Recommended article: Q3718983
Recommended article: A Minkowski-style theorem for focal functions of compact convex reflectors
Recommended article: Q4798603
Recommended article: Convexity of the zeros of some orthogonal polynomials and related functions
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4002445