Department of Mathematics, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 ; Department of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 ; Department of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
Abstract:
Polynomials whose coefficients are successive derivatives of a class of Jacobi polynomials evaluated at are stable. This yields a novel and short proof of the known result that the Bessel polynomials are stable polynomials. Stability-preserving linear operators are discussed. The paper concludes with three open problems involving the distribution of zeros of polynomials.