The Riemann-Hilbert approach to strong asymptotics for orthogonal polynomials on [-1,1]

Advances in Mathematics

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 337-398

  Kuijlaars, Arno B J ^a   McLaughlin, K T R ^b,c   Van Assche, Walter ^a   Vanlessen, Maarten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Bessel functions; Orthogonal polynomials; Riemann Hilbert problems; Steepest descent

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444305949     PISSN: 00018708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aim.2003.08.015     Document Type: Article

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