Strong asymptotics of the recurrence coefficients of orthogonal polynomials associated to the generalized Jacobi weight

Journal of Approximation Theory

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 198-237

  Vanlessen, Maarten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bessel functions; Generalized Jacobi weight; Riemann Hilbert problems; Steepest descent method

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348222398     PISSN: 00219045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jat.2003.11.005     Document Type: Article

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