Orthorecursive Fourier-Stieltjes expansions

Orthorecursive Fourier-Stieltjes expansions are defined, and two examples of expansions are considered. The first example deals with orthogonal systems of functions (which include the Haar system as a particular case), and properties of Fourier-Stieltjes expansions in these systems are proved. It is pointed out that in the case of the Haar system, the integrated Fourier-Stieltjes expansion of a continuous function coincides, up to a constant, with the Faber-Schauder series expansion. The second example deals with nonorthogonal systems of functions that are structurally related to the earlier considered orthogonal systems. Properties of orthorecursive Fourier-Stieltjes expansions in these systems are established.     

Sub-exponentially localized kernels and frames induced by orthogonal expansions

The aim of this paper is to construct sup-exponentially localized kernels and frames in the context of classical orthogonal expansions, namely, expansions in Jacobi polynomials, spherical harmonics, orthogonal polynomials on the ball and simplex, and Hermite and Laguerre functions.     

Transplantation Theorems��A Survey

In this survey article we overview transplantation theorems for several types of continuous and discrete orthogonal expansions. These include: Hankel and Dunkl transforms, and Fourier-Bessel, Jacobi and Laguerre expansions. We also discuss the idea of transference of transplantation and point out how a notion of conjugacy for orthogonal expansions may be interpreted as a generalized transplantation.     

Uncertainty Principles for Sturm–Liouville Operators

An uncertainty principle for the Sturm--Liouville operator $$ L=\frac{d^2}{dt^2}+a(t)\frac{d}{dt} $$ is established, as generalization of an inequality for Jacobi expansions proved in our previous paper, which implies the uncertainty principle for ultraspherical expansions by M. Rösler and M. Voit. The properties of the orthogonal set of eigenfunctions of the operator L and the so-called conjugate orthogonal set are unified by introducing the differential–difference operators, which are essential in our study. As consequences, an uncertainty principle for Laguerre, Hermite, and generalized Hermite expansions is obtained, respectively.     

Prolate spheroidal wave functions, an introduction to the Slepian series and its properties

For decades mathematicians, physicists, and engineers have relied on various orthogonal expansions such as Fourier, Legendre, and Chebyschev to solve a variety of problems. In this paper we exploit the orthogonal properties of prolate spheroidal wave functions (PSWF) in the form of a new orthogonal expansion which we have named the Slepian series. We empirically show that the Slepian series is potentially optimal over more conventional orthogonal expansions for discontinuous functions such as the square wave among others. With regards to interpolation, we explore the connections the Slepian series has to the Shannon sampling theorem. By utilizing Euler's equation, a relationship between the even and odd ordered PSWFs is investigated. We also establish several other key advantages the Slepian series has such as the presence of a free tunable bandwidth parameter.     

The Gibbs phenomenon for series of orthogonal polynomials

This note considers the four classes of orthogonal polynomials – Chebyshev, Hermite, Laguerre, Legendre – and investigates the Gibbs phenomenon at a jump discontinuity for the corresponding orthogonal polynomial series expansions. The perhaps unexpected thing is that the Gibbs constant that arises for each class of polynomials appears to be the same as that for Fourier series expansions. Each class of polynomials has features which are interesting numerically. Finally a plausibility argument is included showing that this phenomenon for the Gibbs constants should not have been unexpected. These findings suggest further investigations suitable for undergraduate research projects or small group investigations.     

ON THE DEGREE OF APPROXIMATION BY WAVELET EXPANSIONS

In this paper we estimate the degree of approximation of wavelet expansions. Our result shows that the degree has the exponential decay for function f(x) ∈ L2 continuous in a finite interval (a,b) which is much superior to those of approximation by polynomial operators and by expansions of classical orthogonal series.     

Gibbs' phenomenon for sampling series and what to do about it

Gibbs' phenomenon occurs for most orthogonal wavelet expansions. It is also shown to occur with many wavelet interpolating series, and a characterization is given. By introducing modifications in such a series, it can be avoided. However, some series that exhibit Gibbs' phenomenon for orthogonal series do not for the associated sampling series.     

Orthogonal properties for a typical class of hypergeometric functions

We present three orthogonal properties for a typical class of hypergeometric functions. We employ orthogonal properties to generate a theory concerning infinite series expansions involving our hypergeometric functions.     

Continued-fraction expansions for ratios of generalized polynomials

Continued-fraction expansions of Stieltjes and second Cauer from are considered for a ratio of polynomials expressed relative to an arbitrary real orthogonal polynomials basis. Simple tabular arrays are developed for obtaining the coefficients in the expansions. Inverse procedures are also obtained. An application to a diophantine equation, and corresponding results for matrix continued fractions, are also given.     

Asymptotics for orthogonal polynomials defined by a recurrence relation

Asymptotic expansions are given for orthogonal polynomials when the coefficients in the three-term recursion formula generating the orthogonal polynomials form sequences of bounded variation.     

Orthogonal Structure on a Wedge and on the Boundary of a Square

Orthogonal polynomials with respect to a weight function defined on a wedge in the plane are studied. A basis of orthogonal polynomials is explicitly constructed for two large class of weight functions and the convergence of Fourier orthogonal expansions is studied. These are used to establish analogous results for orthogonal polynomials on the boundary of the square. As an application, we study the statistics of the associated determinantal point process and use the basis to calculate Stieltjes transforms.

     

Almost Everywhere Convergence of Orthogonal Expansions of Several Variables

For a weighted L¹ space on the unit sphere of R^d+1, in which the weight functions are invariant under finite reflection groups, a maximal function is introduced and used to prove the almost everywhere convergence of orthogonal expansions in h-harmonics. The result applies to various methods of summability, including the de La Vallée Poussin means and the Cesàro means. Similar results are also established for weighted orthogonal expansions on the unit ball and on the simplex of R^d.     

Strong asymptotics of the recurrence coefficients of orthogonal polynomials associated to the generalized Jacobi weight

We study asymptotics of the recurrence coefficients of orthogonal polynomials associated to the generalized Jacobi weight, which is a weight function with a finite number of algebraic singularities on [−1,1]. The recurrence coefficients can be written in terms of the solution of the corresponding Riemann–Hilbert (RH) problem for orthogonal polynomials. Using the steepest descent method of Deift and Zhou, we analyze the RH problem, and obtain complete asymptotic expansions of the recurrence coefficients. We will determine explicitly the order 1/n terms in the expansions. A critical step in the analysis of the RH problem will be the local analysis around the algebraic singularities, for which we use Bessel functions of appropriate order. In addition, the RH approach gives us also strong asymptotics of the orthogonal polynomials near the algebraic singularities in terms of Bessel functions.     

The Lebesgue constants for Fourier-Bessel series,mean convergence,and the order of singularity of a Sturm-Liouville equation

Questions of mean convergence of classical orthogonal expansions and rates of divergence of their Lebesgue constants are dealt with, under two aspects. The first aspect is that the known results for Jacobi, Laguerre, and Fourier-Bessel series can be seen to be closely related to each other with respect to the kind of singularities in their Sturm-Liouville equations. The second, and the main aspect is to show that the rate of divergence of the Lebesgue constants for Fourier-Bessel series, which were unknown so far, fits well into this interpretation. For the latter purpose we use the Hankel translation in order to reduce the kernel of the Fourier-Bessel partial sum to a function of one variable, a representation of which is derived by the residue calculus. This method of proof is also discussed in connection with the methods used for the other orthogonal systems and with possible generalizations to more general eigenfunction expansions.     

Unbiased estimation in the multivariate natural exponential family with simple quadratic variance function

We give expansions for the unbiased estimator of a parametric function of the mean vector in a multivariate natural exponential family with simple quadratic variance function. This expansion is given in terms of a system of multivariate orthogonal polynomials with respect to the density of the sample mean. We study some limit properties of the system of orthogonal polynomials. We show that these properties are useful to establish the limit distribution of unbiased estimators.     

A formula for polynomials with Hermitian matrix argument

We construct and study orthogonal bases of generalized polynomials on the space of Hermitian matrices. They are obtained by the Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization process from the Schur polynomials. A Berezin-Karpelevich type formula is given for these multivariate polynomials. The normalization of the orthogonal polynomials of Hermitian matrix argument and expansions in such polynomials are investigated.     

Rate of Cesàro summability of double orthogonal series

Unimprovable estimates (in the class of double orthogonal series) are obtained on the rate of almost everywhere summability of orthogonal expansions of square-integrable functions by Cesàro methods of positive order. The conditions imposed on the coefficients are of classical type.     

Asymptotic relations between the Hahn-type polynomials and Meixner–Pollaczek, Jacobi, Meixner and Krawtchouk polynomials

It has been shown in Ferreira et al. [Asymptotic relations in the Askey scheme for hypergeometric orthogonal polynomials, Adv. in Appl. Math. 31(1) (2003) 61–85], López and Temme [Approximations of orthogonal polynomials in terms of Hermite polynomials, Methods Appl. Anal. 6 (1999) 131–146; The Askey scheme for hypergeometric orthogonal polynomials viewed from asymptotic analysis, J. Comput. Appl. Math. 133 (2001) 623–633] that the three lower levels of the Askey table of hypergeometric orthogonal polynomials are connected by means of asymptotic relations. In Ferreira et al. [Limit relations between the Hahn polynomials and the Hermite, Laguerre and Charlier polynomials, submitted for publication] we have established new asymptotic connections between the fourth level and the two lower levels. In this paper, we continue with that program and obtain asymptotic expansions between the fourth level and the third level: we derive 16 asymptotic expansions of the Hahn, dual Hahn, continuous Hahn and continuous dual Hahn polynomials in terms of Meixner–Pollaczek, Jacobi, Meixner and Krawtchouk polynomials. From these expansions, we also derive three new limits between those polynomials. Some numerical experiments show the accuracy of the approximations and, in particular, the accuracy in the approximation of the zeros of those polynomials.     

Orthogonal Polynomials of Discrete Variable and Boundedness of Dirichlet Kernel

For orthogonal polynomials defined by compact Jacobi matrix with exponential decay of the coefficients, precise properties of orthogonality measure is determined. This allows showing uniform boundedness of partial sums of orthogonal expansions with respect to L^∞ norm, which generalize analogous results obtained, for little q-Legendre, little q-Jacobi, and little q-Laguerre polynomials, by the authors.