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A counterexample to subexponential growth of orthogonal polynomials

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We construct an example of polynomialsp n orthonormal with respect to a measure μ such that the sequencep n (x) has an exponential lower bound for a pointx in the support of μ.

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Communicated by Paul Nevai.

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Szwarc, R. A counterexample to subexponential growth of orthogonal polynomials. Constr. Approx 11, 381–389 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01208561

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