Uniform asymptotics for Jacobi polynomials with varying large negative parameters— a Riemann-Hilbert approach

Wong, R.; Zhang, Wenjun

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-06-03901-8

Uniform asymptotics for Jacobi polynomials with varying large negative parameters— a Riemann-Hilbert approach
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Abstract:

An asymptotic expansion is derived for the Jacobi polynomials $P_{n}^{(\alpha _{n},\beta _{n})}(z)$ with varying parameters $\alpha _{n}=-nA+a$ and $\beta _n=-nB+b$, where $A>1, B>1$ and $a,b$ are constants. Our expansion is uniformly valid in the upper half-plane $\overline {\mathbb {C}}^+=\{z:\operatorname {Im}\; z \geq 0\}$. A corresponding expansion is also given for the lower half-plane $\overline {\mathbb {C}}^-=\{z:\operatorname {Im}\; z \leq 0\}$. Our approach is based on the steepest-descent method for Riemann-Hilbert problems introduced by Deift and Zhou (1993). The two asymptotic expansions hold, in particular, in regions containing the curve $L$, which is the support of the equilibrium measure associated with these polynomials. Furthermore, it is shown that the zeros of these polynomials all lie on one side of $L$, and tend to $L$ as $n \to \infty$.

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