Orthogonal Polynomials on the Sierpinski Gasket

The construction of a Laplacian on a class of fractals which includes the Sierpinski gasket (SG) has given rise to intensive research on analysis on fractals. For instance, a complete theory of polynomials and power series on SG has been developed by one of us and his coauthors. We build on this body of work to construct certain analogs of classical orthogonal polynomials (OP) on SG. In particular, we investigate key properties of these OP on SG, including a three-term recursion formula and the asymptotics of the coefficients appearing in this recursion. Moreover, we develop numerical tools that allow us to graph a number of these OP. Finally, we use these numerical tools to investigate the structure of the zero and the nodal sets of these polynomials.