Zeros of polynomials with four-term recurrence and linear coefficients

Abstract

This paper investigates the zero distribution of a sequence of polynomials $\left\{ P_{m}(z)\right\} _{m=0}^{\infty}$ generated by the reciprocal of $1+ct+B(z)t^{2}+A(z)t^{3}$ where $c\in\mathbb{R}$ and $A(z)$, $B(z)$ are real linear polynomials. We study necessary and sufficient conditions for the reality of the zeros of $P_{m}(z)$. Under these conditions, we find an explicit interval containing these zeros, whose union forms a dense subset of this interval.