Electrostatic models for zeros of polynomials: Old, new, and some open problems

@article{Marcelln2005ElectrostaticMF,
  title={Electrostatic models for zeros of polynomials: Old, new, and some open problems},
  author={Francisco Marcell{\'a}n and Andrei Mart{\'i}nez-Finkelshtein and Pedro Mart{\'i}nez-Gonz{\'a}lez},
  journal={Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics},
  year={2005},
  volume={207},
  pages={258-272}
}
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