Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Preliminaries
- 2 General Orthogonal Polynomials
- 3 Jacobi and Related Polynomials
- 4 Recursively Defined Polynomials
- 5 Wilson and Related Polynomials
- 6 Discrete Orthogonal Polynomials
- 7 Some q-Orthogonal Polynomials
- 8 The Askey–Wilson Family of Polynomials
- 9 Orthogonal Polynomials on the Unit Circle
- 10 Zeros of Orthogonal Polynomials
- 11 The Moment Problem
- 12 Matrix-Valued Orthogonal Polynomials and Differential Equations
- 13 Some Families of Matrix-Valued Jacobi Orthogonal Polynomials
- References
- Index
2 - General Orthogonal Polynomials
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Preliminaries
- 2 General Orthogonal Polynomials
- 3 Jacobi and Related Polynomials
- 4 Recursively Defined Polynomials
- 5 Wilson and Related Polynomials
- 6 Discrete Orthogonal Polynomials
- 7 Some q-Orthogonal Polynomials
- 8 The Askey–Wilson Family of Polynomials
- 9 Orthogonal Polynomials on the Unit Circle
- 10 Zeros of Orthogonal Polynomials
- 11 The Moment Problem
- 12 Matrix-Valued Orthogonal Polynomials and Differential Equations
- 13 Some Families of Matrix-Valued Jacobi Orthogonal Polynomials
- References
- Index
Summary
Suppose we are given a positive Borel measure μ on ℝ with infinite support whose moments
mn := ∫Rxndμ(x)
exist for n=0,1,…. We normalize μ by m0=1. The distribution function Fμ is right continuous and defined by
Fμ(x)=μ((−∞,x])=∫−∞xdμ(t). (2.1.1)
A polynomial sequence (φn(x))n is a sequence of polynomials such that φn has exact degree n. Such a sequence is monic if φn(x)−xn has degree at most n−1.
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