This concise introduction covers general elementary theory related to orthogonal polynomials and assumes only a first undergraduate course in real analysis. Topics include the representation theorem and distribution functions, continued fractions and chain sequences, the recurrence formula and properties of orthogonal polynomials, special functions, and some specific systems of orthogonal polynomials. 1978 edition.
| ISBN: | 9780486479293 |
| Publication date: | 25th March 2011 |
| Author: | Theodore S Chihara |
| Publisher: | Dover Publications an imprint of Dover Publications Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 272 pages |
| Series: | Dover Books on Mathematics |
| Genres: |
Calculus |