Electrostatic models for zeros of polynomials: Old, new, and some open problems

Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 258-272

  Marcellan F ^a   Martinez Finkelshtein A ^b,c   Martinez Gonzalez P ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asymptotics; Electrostatic model; Logarithmic potential; Orthogonal polynomials; Second order differential equation; Zeros

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTROSTATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ELECTROSTATIC MODELS; LOGARITHMIC POTENTIAL; ORTHOGONAL POLYNOMIALS; SECOND ORDER DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION;

POLYNOMIALS;

EID: 34547106071     PISSN: 03770427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cam.2006.10.020     Document Type: Article

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