Hypergeometric Orthogonal Polynomials and Their q-Analogues - Couverture rigide

Livre 69 sur 184: Springer Monographs in Mathematics

Koekoek, Roelof; Lesky, Peter A.; Swarttouw, René F.

 
9783642050138: Hypergeometric Orthogonal Polynomials and Their q-Analogues

Synopsis

The present book is about the Askey scheme and the q-Askey scheme, which are graphically displayed right before chapter 9 and chapter 14, respectively. The fa- lies of orthogonal polynomials in these two schemes generalize the classical orth- onal polynomials (Jacobi, Laguerre and Hermite polynomials) and they have pr- erties similar to them. In fact, they have properties so similar that I am inclined (f- lowing Andrews & Askey [34]) to call all families in the (q-)Askey scheme classical orthogonal polynomials, and to call the Jacobi, Laguerre and Hermite polynomials very classical orthogonal polynomials. These very classical orthogonal polynomials are good friends of mine since - most the beginning of my mathematical career. When I was a fresh PhD student at the Mathematical Centre (now CWI) in Amsterdam, Dick Askey spent a sabbatical there during the academic year 1969-1970. He lectured to us in a very stimulating wayabouthypergeometricfunctionsandclassicalorthogonalpolynomials. Evenb- ter, he gave us problems to solve which might be worth a PhD. He also pointed out to us that there was more than just Jacobi, Laguerre and Hermite polynomials, for instance Hahn polynomials, and that it was one of the merits of the Higher Transc- dental Functions (Bateman project) that it included some newer stuff like the Hahn polynomials (see [198, §10. 23]).

Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9783642263514: Hypergeometric Orthogonal Polynomials and Their Q-analogues

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  3642263518 ISBN 13 :  9783642263514
Editeur : Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heide..., 2012
Couverture souple