Positivity conjecture for Faber-polynomial error norms at corners

Let LL be a piecewise analytic Jordan curve, let GG be its bounded interior, and let Ω\Omega be its unbounded exterior. For each integer n0n\geq 0, let ϕ\phi be the conformal map from Ω\Omega onto the exterior of the unit disk, normalized at infinity, let FnF_n be the polynomial part of the Laurent expansion at infinity of ϕn\phi^n, and define

En(z):=ϕn(z)Fn(z),zΩ.E_n(z):=\phi^n(z)-F_n(z),\qquad z\in\Omega.

Positivity conjecture for Faber-polynomial error norms. If LL has at least one corner with exterior angle different from 00, π\pi, and 2π2\pi, then

limnEn+1L2(Ω)2>0.\lim_{n\to\infty}\|E'_{n+1}\|^2_{L^2(\Omega)}>0.

The conjecture proposes that any such corner forces a nonzero limiting contribution from the derivatives of the Faber-polynomial remainders. The stated example of a piecewise analytic curve with corners supports this expectation, but no general resolution is supplied here.

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Primary source

Erwin Miña-Díaz, “On the leading coefficient of polynomials orthogonal over domains with corners”, arXiv:1407.5061 (2014).

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