RT Journal Article T1 Asymptotics of matrix valued orthogonal polynomials on [−1,1] A1 Deaño Cabrera, Alfredo A1 Kuijlaars, Arno B.J. A1 Román, P. AB We analyze the large degree asymptotic behavior of matrix valued orthogonal polynomials (MVOPs), with a weight that consists of a Jacobi scalar factor and a matrix part. Using the Riemann–Hilbert formulation for MVOPs and the Deift–Zhou method of steepest descent, we obtain asymptotic expansions for the MVOPs as the degree tends to infinity, in different regions of the complex plane (outside the interval of orthogonality, on the interval away from the endpoints and in neighborhoods of the endpoints), as well as for the matrix coefficients in the three-term recurrence relation for these MVOPs. The asymptotic analysis follows the work of Kuijlaars, McLaughlin, Van Assche and Vanlessen on scalar Jacobi-type orthogonal polynomials, but it also requires several different factorizations of the matrix part of the weight, in terms of eigenvalues/eigenvectors and using a matrix Szegő function. We illustrate the results with two main examples, MVOPs of Jacobi and Gegenbauer type, coming from group theory. PB Elsevier Inc SN 0001-8708 YR 2023 FD 2023-06-15 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/39150 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/39150 LA eng NO Comunidad de Madrid (Spain). CM/JIN/2021-014 NO acknowledges financial support from Dirección General de Investigación e Innovación, Consejería de Educación e Investigación of Comunidad de Madrid (Spain),and Universidad de Alcalá under grant CM/JIN/2021-014, and Comunidad de Madrid(Spain) under the Multiannual Agreement with UC3M in the line of Excellence ofUniversity Professors (EPUC3M23), and in the context of the V PRICIT (RegionalProgramme of Research and Technological Innovation). Research supported by GrantPID2021-123969NB-I00, funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033, and by grantPID2021-122154NB-I00 from Spanish Agencia Estatal de Investigación.A. D. acknowledges financial support and hospitality from IMAPP, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, and in particular Prof. Erik Koelink, during a visit to Nijmegen in June2022. NO Gobierno de España. MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 NO Gobierno de España. PID2021-122154NB-I00 DS e-Archivo RD 17 jul. 2024