On Certain Wronskians of Multiple Orthogonal Polynomials

Lun Zhang ; Galina Filipuk

Symmetry, integrability and geometry: methods and applications, Tome 10 (2014)

Résumé

We consider determinants of Wronskian type whose entries are multiple orthogonal polynomials associated with a path connecting two multi-indices. By assuming that the weight functions form an algebraic Chebyshev (AT) system, we show that the polynomials represented by the Wronskians keep a constant sign in some cases, while in some other cases oscillatory behavior appears, which generalizes classical results for orthogonal polynomials due to Karlin and Szegő. There are two applications of our results. The first application arises from the observation that the $m$-th moment of the average characteristic polynomials for multiple orthogonal polynomial ensembles can be expressed as a Wronskian of the type II multiple orthogonal polynomials. Hence, it is straightforward to obtain the distinct behavior of the moments for odd and even $m$ in a special multiple orthogonal ensemble – the AT ensemble. As the second application, we derive some Turán type inequalities for multiple Hermite and multiple Laguerre polynomials (of two kinds). Finally, we study numerically the geometric configuration of zeros for the Wronskians of these multiple orthogonal polynomials. We observe that the zeros have regular configurations in the complex plane, which might be of independent interest.

Détail

Mots-clés : Wronskians; algebraic Chebyshev systems; multiple orthogonal polynomials; moments of the average characteristic polynomials; multiple orthogonal polynomial ensembles; Turán inequalities; zeros.

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