{"kind":"theorem_check","report":{"conclusion":{"first_index":1,"interlacing":"strict","interlacing_from":2,"simple_roots":true,"statement":"every P_n, n >= 1, is nonzero and real-rooted, with simple roots from n = 1 on; P_(n-1) strictly interlaces P_n for n >= 2"},"hypotheses":[{"evidence":"f(n) a_n = 2 n != 0 for every integer n in [3, +inf) (exact; Taylor shift: the coefficients of f(n) a_n = 2 n at n = 3 + u have one sign)","name":"leading_coefficient_nonzero","sign_decision":{"certificate":{"condition":"nonzero","denominator":["1"],"method":{"kind":"taylor_shift","shifted_denominator":["1"],"shifted_numerator":["6","2"]},"numerator":["0","2"],"range":{"first":"3","last":null}},"decision":"holds"},"statement":"a_n != 0 for every n >= 3","status":{"kind":"verified"}},{"evidence":"Q_1 has degree 2, Q_2 degree 3; simple real roots and strict interlacing checked exactly","name":"seeds_interlace","statement":"Q_1 and Q_2 have simple real roots, degrees e and e + 1, and Q_1 strictly interlaces Q_2","status":{"kind":"verified"}},{"evidence":"beta_3 = 1/6 (exact)","name":"first_coefficient_positive","statement":"beta_3 = c_3 L_1 / (a_3 L_2) > 0","status":{"kind":"verified"}},{"evidence":"beta_n = (1/4 n + 1/4)/(n^2 - n) > 0 for every integer n in [4, +inf) (exact; Taylor shift: the coefficients of beta_n = (1/4 n + 1/4)/(n^2 - n) at n = 4 + u have one sign)","name":"recurrence_coefficient_positive","sign_decision":{"certificate":{"condition":"positive","denominator":["0","-1","1"],"method":{"kind":"taylor_shift","shifted_denominator":["12","7","1"],"shifted_numerator":["5/4","1/4"]},"numerator":["1/4","1/4"],"range":{"first":"4","last":null}},"decision":"holds"},"statement":"beta_n = c_n / (a_n a_(n-1)) > 0 for every n >= 4","status":{"kind":"verified"}}],"lean_replay":"not_attempted","normal_form":"P_n = (a_n x + b_n) P_(n-1) - c_n P_(n-2) for n >= 3, with a_n = 2 n, b_n = 0, c_n = n + 1","recurrence":{"first_index":1,"initial_polynomials":[["-2","0","2"],["0","-11","0","8"]],"recurrence":{"terms":[{"coeff":{"coeffs":[["0","0"],["0","2"]]},"deriv_order":0,"offset":1,"sign":"none"},{"coeff":{"coeffs":[["-1"],["-1"]]},"deriv_order":0,"offset":2,"sign":"none"}]},"schema":"polytool.recurrence.v1"},"reference":"three-term recurrence Q_n = (a_n y + b_n) Q_(n-1) - c_n Q_(n-2) with a_n != 0 and beta_n = c_n / (a_n a_(n-1)) > 0: simple real roots and strict interlacing of consecutive rows (zero separation for orthogonal polynomials: G. Szeg\u0151, Orthogonal Polynomials, \u00a73.3; Favard, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris 200 (1935)); root regions by a positive-ratio (chain-sequence) induction","schema":"polytool.recurrence-real-rootedness-theorem.v1","status":"proved","theorem":"three_term_recurrence"}}