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Title: Local Asymptotics for Orthonormal Polynomials on the Unit Circle Via Universality
Letbe a positive measure on the unit circle that is regularin the sense of Stahl, Totik, and Ullmann. Assume that in some subarcJ,is absolutely continuous, while0is positive and continuous. Letf'ngbe the orthonormal polynomials for. We show that for appropriaten2J,'n(n(1+zn))'n(n)n1is a normal family in compact subsets ofC. Usinguniversality limits, we show that limits of subsequences have the formez+C(ez  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1800251
NSF-PAR ID:
10215809
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Journal d'Analyse Mathematique (it won't recognize the journal)
Volume:
141
Page Range / eLocation ID:
285-304.
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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