Positivity conjecture for Faber-polynomial error norms at corners

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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 n≥0n\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),z∈Ω.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

lim⁡n→∞∥En+1′∥L2(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.

References

Primary source

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

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