Zero-spacing conjecture for orthogonal polynomials on Cantor-type sets

For a measure μ\mu supported on R\mathbb{R}, let Zn(μ)Z_n(\mu) be the zero set of its degree-nn orthogonal polynomial. For n>1n>1, define

Mn(μ):=infx,xZn(μ)\xxxx.M_n(\mu):=\inf_{\substack{x,x'\in Z_n(\mu)\x\neq x'}}|x-x'|.

Enumerate ZN(μK(γ))Z_N(\mu_{K(\gamma)}) as x1,N<<xN,Nx_{1,N}<\cdots<x_{N,N} and set

An,N:=x2n,Nx2n1,N,AN:=maxn,m{1,,N/2}An,NAm,N.A_{n,N}:=|x_{2n,N}-x_{2n-1,N}|, \qquad A_N:=\max_{n,m\in\{1,\ldots,N/2\}}\frac{A_{n,N}}{A_{m,N}}.

Zero-spacing conjecture. For each γ=(γk)k=1\gamma=(\gamma_k)_{k=1}^\infty with infkγk>0\inf_k\gamma_k>0, (A2k)k=1(A_{2^k})_{k=1}^\infty is unbounded. If s=2ks=2^k for some kNk\in\mathbb{N}, there is a c0Rc_0\in\mathbb{R} depending on kk such that

limnAs,2nA1,2n=c0.\lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}\frac{A_{s,2^n}}{A_{1,2^n}}=c_0.

The conjecture describes global growth and selected limiting ratios of zero spacings; the source supports it with numerical experiments and excludes small-γ\gamma regimes where boundedness is known. Its resolution is not given.

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Primary source

Gökalp Alpan, Alexander Goncharov and Ahmet Nihat Şimşek, “Asymptotic properties of Jacobi matrices for a family of fractal measures”, arXiv:1603.02312 (2016).

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