Monotonicity, interlacing and electrostatic interpretation of zeros of exceptional Jacobi polynomials

Abstract

Denote by (P) over cap ((alpha,beta))(n) (x) the X-1-Jacobi polynomial of degree n. These polynomials were introduced and studied recently by Gomez-Ullate, Kamran and Milson in a series of papers. In this note we establish some properties of the zeros of (P) over cap ((alpha,beta))(n) (x), such as interlacing and monotonicity with respect to the parameters a and beta. They turn out to possess an electrostatic interpretation. The vector, whose components are the zeros, is a saddle point of the energy of the corresponding logarithmic field. (c) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.