Asymptotic behavior and zeros of the Bernoulli polynomials of the second kind

Abstract

The main aim of this article is a careful investigation of the asymptotic behavior of zeros of Bernoulli polynomials of the second kind. It is shown that the zeros are all real and simple. The asymptotic expansions for the small, large, and the middle zeros are computed in more detail. The analysis is based on the asymptotic expansions of the Bernoulli polynomials of the second kind in various regimes.

23 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in the Journal of Approximation Theory