The asymptotic expansion conjecture for zeros of d2(B)d_2(B) in Heun equations

Let d2(B)d_2(B) be the function associated with the Heun equation, the confluent Heun equation, and the reduced confluent Heun equation, and let DkD_k and Dk[j],(k+j+1)D_k^{[j],(k+j+1)} denote the coefficients defined by the corresponding expansions of the zeros of cm+1(B)c_{m+1}(B), for k=0,1,2,…k=0,1,2,\dots. Zero-expansion conjecture. The zeros of d2(B)d_2(B) have the expansions

−Dk−∑j=1∞Dk[j],(k+j+1)sj-D_k-\sum_{j=1}^{\infty}D_k^{[j],(k+j+1)}s^j

for k=0,1,2,…k=0,1,2,\dots. This conjecture predicts that the zeros of d2(B)d_2(B) share the limiting formal expansions obtained from the zeros of cm+1(B)c_{m+1}(B) as the degree parameter becomes large, simultaneously for the Heun, confluent Heun, and reduced confluent Heun equations.

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Mizuki Mori and Kouichi Takemura, “On zeros of polynomials associated with Heun class equations”, arXiv:2503.10355 (2025).

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