Cantor polynomials and some related classes of OPRL

We explore the spectral theory of the orthogonal polynomials associated to the classical Cantor measure and similar singular continuous measures. We prove regularity in the sense of Stahl–Totik with polynomial bounds on the transfer matrix. We present numerical evidence that the Jacobi parameters for this problem are asymptotically almost periodic and discuss the possible meaning of the isospectral torus and the Szegő class in this context

Equilibrium measures and capacities in spectral theory

This is a comprehensive review of the uses of potential theory in studying the spectral theory of orthogonal polynomials. Much of the article focuses on the Stahl-Totik theory of regular measures, especially the case of OPRL and OPUC. Links are made to the study of ergodic Schrodinger operators where one of our new results implies that, in complete generality, the spectral measure is supported on a set of zero Hausdorff dimension (indeed, of capacity zero) in the region of strictly positive Lyapunov exponent. There are many examples and some new conjectures and indications of new research directions. Included are appendices on potential theory and on Fekete-Szego theory

Orthogonal polynomials for the weakly equilibrium Cantor sets

Let $K(\gamma)$ be the weakly equilibrium Cantor type set introduced in [10]. It is proven that the monic orthogonal polynomials $Q_{2^s}$ with respect to the equilibrium measure of $K(\gamma)$ coincide with the Chebyshev polynomials of the set. Procedures are suggested to find $Q_{n}$ of all degrees and the corresponding Jacobi parameters. It is shown that the sequence of the Widom factors is bounded below

Spacing properties of the zeros of orthogonal polynomials on Cantor sets via a sequence of polynomial mappings

Let $\mu$ be a probability measure with an infinite compact support on $\mathbb{R}$. Let us further assume that $(F_n)_{n=1}^\infty$ is a sequence of orthogonal polynomials for $\mu$ where $(f_n)_{n=1}^\infty$ is a sequence of nonlinear polynomials and $F_n:=f_n\circ\dots\circ f_1$ for all $n\in\mathbb{N}$. We prove that if there is an $s_0\in\mathbb{N}$ such that $0$ is a root of $f_n^\prime$ for each $n>s_0$ then the distance between any two zeros of an orthogonal polynomial for $\mu$ of a given degree greater than $1$ has a lower bound in terms of the distance between the set of critical points and the set of zeros of some $F_k$. Using this, we find sharp bounds from below and above for the infimum of distances between the consecutive zeros of orthogonal polynomials for singular continuous measures.Comment: Contains less typo

Right limits and reflectionless measures for CMV matrices

We study CMV matrices by focusing on their right-limit sets. We prove a CMV version of a recent result of Remling dealing with the implications of the existence of absolutely continuous spectrum, and we study some of its consequences. We further demonstrate the usefulness of right limits in the study of weak asymptotic convergence of spectral measures and ratio asymptotics for orthogonal polynomials by extending and refining earlier results of Khrushchev. To demonstrate the analogy with the Jacobi case, we recover corresponding previous results of Simon using the same approach

Fast and accurate computation of the logarithmic capacity of compact sets

We present a numerical method for computing the logarithmic capacity of compact subsets of $\mathbb{C}$, which are bounded by Jordan curves and have finitely connected complement. The subsets may have several components and need not have any special symmetry. The method relies on the conformal map onto lemniscatic domains and, computationally, on the solution of a boundary integral equation with the Neumann kernel. Our numerical examples indicate that the method is fast and accurate. We apply it to give an estimate of the logarithmic capacity of the Cantor middle third set and generalizations of it