Root-interlacing conjecture for eigenpolynomials of exactly solvable operators

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Let d(z)\mathfrak d(z) be an exactly solvable operator, and let {Sn(z)}n∈N, n≥n0\{S_n(z)\}_{n\in\mathbb N,\,n\geq n_0} be its eigenpolynomials with deg⁡Sn(z)=n\deg S_n(z)=n. Let Sμ\mathfrak S_\mu denote the support of the corresponding asymptotic root-counting measure. Root-interlacing conjecture. The family {Sn(z)}n∈N, n≥n0\{S_n(z)\}_{n\in\mathbb N,\,n\geq n_0} has the interlacing property along the support of its asymptotic root-counting measure: the zeros of consecutive polynomials Sn+1(z)S_{n+1}(z) and Sn(z)S_n(z) interlace along every curve segment in Sμ\mathfrak S_\mu for all sufficiently high degrees nn. The claim is motivated by numerical experiments, particularly for exactly solvable operators, and the supplied text gives no resolution.

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Thomas Holst and Boris Shapiro, “On higher Heine-Stieltjes polynomials”, arXiv:0904.0218 (2009).

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