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Record Nr.

UNISA996466489603316

Autore

Assche Walter van <1958->

Titolo

Asymptotics for orthogonal polynomials / / Walter Van Assche

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Germany ; ; New York, New York : , : Springer-Verlag, , [1987]

©1987

ISBN

3-540-47711-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 1987.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VI, 206 p.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Mathematics, , 0075-8434 ; ; 1265

Classificazione

42C05

33A65

Disciplina

515.55

Soggetti

Orthogonal polynomials - Asymptotic theory

Mathematical analysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Orthogonal polynomials on a compact set -- Asymptotically periodic recurrence coefficients -- Probabilistic proofs of asymptotic formulas -- Orthogonal polynomials on unbounded sets -- Zero distribution and consequences -- Some applications.

Sommario/riassunto

Recently there has been a great deal of interest in the theory of orthogonal polynomials. The number of books treating the subject, however, is limited. This monograph brings together some results involving the asymptotic behaviour of orthogonal polynomials when the degree tends to infinity, assuming only a basic knowledge of real and complex analysis. An extensive treatment, starting with special knowledge of the orthogonality measure, is given for orthogonal polynomials on a compact set and on an unbounded set. Another possible approach is to start from properties of the coefficients in the three-term recurrence relation for orthogonal polynomials. This is done using the methods of (discrete) scattering theory. A new method, based on limit theorems in probability theory, to obtain asymptotic formulas for some polynomials is also given. Various consequences of all the results are described and applications are given ranging from random matrices and birth-death processes to discrete Schrödinger operators, illustrating the close interaction with different branches of applied mathematics.