Monotonicity of zeros of Laguerre polynomials
โ Scribed by Dimitar K. Dimitrov; Fernando R. Rafaeli
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 324 KB
- Volume
- 233
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0377-0427
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โฆ Synopsis
Denote by x nk (ฮฑ), k = 1, . . . , n, the zeros of the Laguerre polynomial L (ฮฑ) n (x). We establish monotonicity with respect to the parameter ฮฑ of certain functions involving x nk (ฮฑ). As a consequence we obtain sharp upper bounds for the largest zero of L (ฮฑ) n (x).
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