Asymptotic properties of Heine-Stieltjes and Van Vleck polynomials

Journal of Approximation Theory

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 131-151

  Martinez Finkelshtein A ^a,b   Saff, E B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrostatics; Equilibrium distribution; Generalized lam differential equation; Heine Stieltjes polynomials; Logarithmic potential; Van Vleck polynomials; Zero asymptotics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036749159     PISSN: 00219045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jath.2002.3705     Document Type: Article

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