Electrostatic Models for Zeros of Laguerre-Sobolev Polynomials

Let {Sn}n0 be the sequence of orthogonal polynomials with respect to the Laguerre–Sobolev inner product

f, gS = +∞ 0 f(x)g(x)xαe −xdx +N j=1 dj k=0 λj,kf(k)(cj)g(k)(cj),
where λj,k 0, α > −1 and ci ∈ (−∞, 0) for i = 1, 2, . . . , N. We provide a formula that relates the Laguerre–Sobolev polynomials Sn to the classical Laguerre polynomials. We find the ladder operators for the polynomial sequence {Sn}n0 and a second-order differential equation with polynomial coefficients for {Sn}n0. We establish a sufficient condition for an electrostatic model of the zeros of orthogonal Laguerre–Sobolev polynomials. Some examples are given where this condition is either satisfied or not.

laguerre polynomials; sobolev orthogonality; second-order differential equation; electrostatic model

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