On recurrence coefficients for rapidly decreasing exponential weights

E. Levin, D. S. Lubinsky

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Abstract

Let, for example,W fenced(x) = exp fenced(- expk fenced(1 - x2)- α), x ∈ fenced(- 1, 1),where α > 0, k ≥ 1, and expk = exp fenced(exp fenced(... exp fenced())) denotes the kth iterated exponential. Let {} fenced(An) denote the recurrence coefficients in the recurrence relationxpn fenced(x) = An pn + 1 fenced(x) + An - 1 pn - 1 fenced(x)for the orthonormal polynomials {} fenced(pn) associated with W2. We prove that as n → ∞,frac(1, 2) - An = frac(1, 4) fenced(logk n)- 1 / α fenced(1 + o fenced(1)),where logk = log fenced(log fenced(... log fenced())) denotes the kth iterated logarithm. This illustrates the relationship between the rate of convergence to frac(1, 2) of the recurrence coefficients, and the rate of decay of the exponential weight at ± 1. More general non-even exponential weights on a non-symmetric interval fenced(a, b) are also considered.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)260-281
Number of pages22
JournalJournal of Approximation Theory
Volume144
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2007

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Research supported by NSF Grant DMS0400446 and US-Israel BSF Grant 2004353. ∗Corresponding author. E-mail addresses: [email protected] (E. Levin), [email protected] (D.S. Lubinsky).

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