Potential energies of one-dimensional systems at equilibrium
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The equilibrium positions of some one-dimensional systems coincide with the zeros of Hermite, Laguerre, and Jacobi polynomials. Using the discriminants of these classical orthogonal polynomials it is then possible to calculate the values of the potential energies of the one-dimensional systems at equilibrium. It is also shown that the zeros of Bessel polynomials coincide with the equilibrium positions of certain dynamical systems.