The equality conjecture for Christoffel functions and birth-death processes

Let Cn(ψ)C_n(\psi) be the Christoffel-function quantity associated with the normalized birth-death process, and let ρn\rho_n and η\eta be the quantities appearing in the asymptotic aperiodicity criterion. Assume that Cn(ψ)C_n(\psi) has a limit as nn\to\infty.

Equality conjecture. Then

limnCn(ψ)=limnρn(η)ρn(η).\lim_{n\to\infty}C_n(\psi)=\lim_{n\to\infty}\frac{\rho_n(-\eta)}{\rho_n(\eta)}.

This is stated as a stronger conjecture than the preceding implication. The existence of the right-hand limit is known, while the asserted equality remains open in the supplied text.

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Primary source

Erik A. van Doorn and Ryszard Szwarc, “On a property of random walk polynomials involving Christoffel functions”, arXiv:1903.00054 (2019).

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