Zeros of GKP sequences of polynomials

Antonio J. Durán; Mario Pérez; Juan L. Varona

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Zeros of GKP sequences of polynomials

Antonio J. Durán·Mario Pérez·Juan L. Varona

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Given two sequences $\phi=(\phi_i)_{i\ge 1}$ and $\psi=(\psi_i)_{i\ge 1}$ and numbers $a,b,c$, we introduce the GKP sequence of polynomials $(p_n)_n$ using the following recurrence formula: $p_0 = 1$ and for $n\ge 1$ \[ p_{n}(x) = (ax^2+bx+c) p_{n-1}'(x) + (\phi_{n} + \psi_{n} x)p_{n-1}(x), \] where we assume that $ax^2+bx+c$ has two different real zeros. Tangent, Secant, Eulerian or Jacobi polynomials are examples of GKP sequences of polynomials. In this paper, under mild assumptions we prove that the zeros of the polynomials $p_n$ are real, simple and live between the zeros of $ax^2+bx+c$. Moreover, the zeros of $p_{n+1}$ interlace the zeros of $p_n$. We study in detail the cases when $\psi$ is constant, and $\phi=(\phi_i)_{i\ge 1}$ is constant for $i$ big enough, proving, among other results, asymptotics for the leftmost and rightmost zeros of $p_n$.

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Antonio J. Durán, Mario Pérez, Juan L. Varona. 2026-07-02. Zeros of GKP sequences of polynomials. https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.06578

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