SELF-RECIPROCAL POLYNOMIALS WITH RELATED MAXIMAL ZEROS

For each real number $n$ > 6, we prove that there is a sequence $\{pk(n,z)\}^{\infty}_{k=1}$ of fourth degree self-reciprocal polynomials such that the zeros of $p_k(n,z)$ are all simple and real, and every $p_{k+1}(n,z)$ has the largest (in modulus) zero ${\alpha}{\beta}$ where ${\alpha}$ and ${\beta}$ are the first and the second largest (in modulus) zeros of $p_k(n,z)$, respectively. One such sequence is given by $p_k(n,z)$ so that $$p_k(n,z)=z^4-q_{k-1}(n)z^3+(q_k(n)+2)z^2-q_{k-1}(n)z+1$$, where $q_0(n)=1$ and other $q_k(n)^{\prime}s$ are polynomials in n defined by the severely nonlinear recurrence $$4q_{2m-1}(n)=q^2_{2m-2}(n)-(4n+1)\prod_{j=0}^{m-2}\;q^2_{2j}(n),\\4q_{2m}(n)=q^2_{2m-1}(n)-(n-2)(n-6)\prod_{j=0}^{m-2}\;q^2_{2j+1}(n)$$ for $m{\geq}1$, with the usual empty product conventions, i.e., ${\prod}_{j=0}^{-1}\;b_j=1$.