Five convolution formulae of orthogonal polynomials

By means of the classical Lagrange expansion theorem, five convolution formulae are established for the orthogonal polynomials named after Laguerre, Jacobi, Meixner, Gegenbauer and Pollaczek, that contain the well-known Hagen-Rothe formula for binomial coefficients as common special case.     

Direct and inverse theorems of approximate methods for the solution of an abstract Cauchy problem

We consider an approximate method for the solution of the Cauchy problem for an operator differential equation based on the expansion of the exponential function in orthogonal Laguerre polynomials. For an initial value of finite smoothness with respect to the operator A, we prove direct and inverse theorems of the theory of approximation in the mean and give examples of the unimprovability of the corresponding estimates in these theorems. We establish that the rate of convergence is exponential for entire vectors of exponential type and subexponential for Gevrey classes and characterize the corresponding classes in terms of the rate of convergence of approximation in the mean. __________ Translated from Ukrains’kyi Matematychnyi Zhurnal, Vol. 59, No. 6, pp. 838–852, June, 2007.     

On identities of the Rogers-Ramanujan type

A generalized Bailey pair, which contains several special cases considered by Bailey (Proc. London Math. Soc. (2), 50, 421–435 (1949)), is derived and used to find a number of new Rogers-Ramanujan type identities. Consideration of associated q-difference equations points to a connection with a mild extension of Gordon’s combinatorial generalization of the Rogers-Ramanujan identities (Amer. J. Math., 83, 393–399 (1961)). This, in turn, allows the formulation of natural combinatorial interpretations of many of the identities in Slater’s list (Proc. London Math. Soc. (2) 54, 147–167 (1952)), as well as the new identities presented here. A list of 26 new double sum–product Rogers-Ramanujan type identities are included as an Appendix. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification Primary—11B65; Secondary—11P81, 05A19, 39A13     

Characterizations of Classical Orthogonal Polynomials

We give a simple unified proof and an extension of some of the characterization theorems of classical orthogonal polynomials of Jacobi, Bessel, Laguerre, and Hermite. In particular, we prove that the only orthogonal polynomials whose derivatives form a weak orthogonal polynomial set are the classical orthogonal polynomials.     

Partial q-analogues of the Pfaff/Cauchy derivative formula

The Pfaff/Cauchy derivative identities are generalizations of Leibniz formula for the nth derivative of a product of two functions. In this paper, we first derive three generalized forms of the q-Leibniz formula. The results are also partial q-analogues of the Pfaff/Cauchy derivative formulae. Then we give some applications and several q-identities are obtained.     

The Combinatorics of Laguerre,Charlier, and Hermite Polynomials

This paper describes several combinatorial models for Laguerre, Charlier, and Hermite polynomials, and uses them to prove combinatorially some classical formulas. The so-called “Italian limit formula” (from Laguerre to Hermite), the Appel identity for Hermite polynomials, and the two Sheffer identities for Laguerre and Charlier polynomials are proved. We also give bijective proofs of the three-term recurrences. These three families form the bottom triangle in R. Askey's chart classifying hypergeometric orthogonal polynomials.     

Characterization of the rate of convergence of one approximate method for the solution of an abstract Cauchy problem

We consider an approximate method for the solution of the Cauchy problem for an operator differential equation. This method is based on the expansion of an exponential in orthogonal Laguerre polynomials. We prove that the fact that an initial value belongs to a certain space of smooth elements of the operator A is equivalent to the convergence of a certain weighted sum of integral residuals. As a corollary, we obtain direct and inverse theorems of the theory of approximation in the mean. __________ Translated from Ukrains’kyi Matematychnyi Zhurnal, Vol. 60, No. 4, pp. 557–563, April, 2008.     

New finite Rogers-Ramanujan identities

We present two general finite extensions for each of the two Rogers-Ramanujan identities. Of these one can be derived directly from Watson’s transformation formula by specialization or through Bailey’s method, the second similar formula can be proved either by using the first formula and the q-Gosper algorithm, or through the so-called Bailey lattice.      

Indefinite integrals of special functions from hybrid equations

ABSTRACT

Elementary linear first and second order differential equations can always be constructed for twice differentiable functions by explicitly including the function's derivatives in the definition of these equations. If the function also obeys a conventional differential equation, information from this equation can be introduced into the elementary equations to give blended linear equations which are here called hybrid equations. Integration theorems are derived for these hybrid equations and several universal integrals are also derived. The paper presents integrals derived with these methods for cylinder functions, associated Legendre functions, and the Gegenbauer, Chebyshev, Hermite, Jacobi and Laguerre orthogonal polynomials. All the results presented have been checked using Mathematica.     

Minor summation formula and a proof of Stanley’s open problem

In the open problem session of the FPSAC’03, R.P. Stanley gave an open problem about a certain sum of the Schur functions. The purpose of this paper is to give a proof of this open problem. The proof consists of three steps. At the first step we express the sum by a Pfaffian as an application of our minor summation formula (Ishikawa and Wakayama in Linear Multilinear Algebra 39:285–305, 1995). In the second step we prove a Pfaffian analogue of a Cauchy type identity which generalizes Sundquist’s Pfaffian identities (J. Algebr. Comb. 5:135–148, 1996). Then we give a proof of Stanley’s open problem in Sect. 4. At the end of this paper we present certain corollaries obtained from this identity involving the Big Schur functions and some polynomials arising from the Macdonald polynomials, which generalize Stanley’s open problem.      

关于包含Hermite-Laguerre多项式的恒等式

通过讨论一类函数的高阶导数 ,建立了一些包含 Hermite-Laguerre多项式的恒等式 ,推广了著名的 Cauchy-Sheehan组合恒等式 .     

THE KRALL POLYNOMIALS: A NEW CLASS OF ORTHOGONAL POLYNOMIALS

Abstract

A new set of orthogonal polynomials is found that are solutions to a sixth order formally self adjoint differential equation. These polynomials are shown to generalize the Legendre and Legendre type polynomials. We also show that these polynomials satisfy many properties shared by the classical orthogonal polynomials of Jacobi, Laguerre and Hermite.     

拉格朗日展开定理的两个基本应用

The present paper offers two likely neglected applications of the classical Lagrange expansion formula.One is a unified approach to some age-old derivative identities originally due to Pfaff and Cauchy.Another is two explicit matrix inversions which may serve as common generalizations of some known inverse series relations.     

New generating functions for Jacobi and related polynomials

In this paper the authors prove a generalization of certain generating functions for Jacobi and related polynomials, given recently by H. M. Srivastava. The method used is due to Pólya and Szegö, and it is based on Rodrigues' formula for the Jacobi polynomials and Lagrange's expansion theorem. A number of special and limiting cases of the main result will give rise to a class of generating functions for ultraspherical, Laguerre and Bessel polynomials.     

On expansion problems involving addition theorems and Kapteyn series

The paper deals with general expansions which give as special cases new results involving the Bessel functions, Jacobi, ultraspherical, and Laguerre polynomials, where the degree of the function is incorporated in the argument. In fact, the theorems unify and extend the Neumann-Gegenbauer expansion and its generalization by Fields and Wimp, Cohen, and others, the Kapteyn expansion theory, and the Kapteyn expansion of the second kind. New expressions are given for the Neumann-type degenerate form of a Gegenbauer addition theorem, the Feldheim expansions for the Jacobi and ultraspherical polynomials, and other expressions. Also of interest is the new method of proof, involving differential and integral operators.     

Series transformation formulas of Euler type,Hadamard product of series,and harmonic number identities

The Hadamard multiplication theorem for series is used to establish several Euler-type series transformation formulas. As applications we obtain a number of binomial identities involving harmonic numbers and an identity for the Laguerre polynomials. We also evaluate in a closed form certain power series with harmonic numbers.     

Asymptotic formulae of Mehler–Heine-type for certain classical polyorthogonal polynomials

The purpose of this article is to give some asymptotic formulae of polyorthogonal polynomials with respect to some classical measures. The formulae are analogous to the Mehler–Heine formulae for Jacobi and Laguerre polynomials.     

Padé approximations to the logarithm II: Identities, recurrences, and symbolic computation

Combinatorial identities that were needed in [25] are proved, mostly with C. Schneider’s computer algebra package Sigma. The form of the Padé approximation of the logarithm of arbitrary order is stated as a conjecture. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification Primary—41A21, 05A19, 33F10 Supported by NRF-grant 2047226. Supported by NRF-grant 2053748. Supported by the Austrian Academy of Sciences, by the John Knopfmacher Research Centre for Applicable Analysis and Number Theory, and by the SFB-grant F1305 and the grant P16613-N12 of the Austrian FWF. Supported by NRF-grant 2053756.     

On Ha＇s Version of Set-valued Ekeland＇s Variational Principle

By using the concept of cone extensions and Dancs-Hegedus-Medvegyev theorem, Ha [Some variants of the Ekeland variational principle for a set-valued map. J. Optim. Theory Appl., 124, 187–206 (2005)] established a new version of Ekeland’s variational principle for set-valued maps, which is expressed by the existence of strict approximate minimizer for a set-valued optimization problem. In this paper, we give an improvement of Ha’s version of set-valued Ekeland’s variational principle. Our proof is direct and it need not use Dancs-Hegedus-Medvegyev theorem. From the improved Ha’s version, we deduce a Caristi-Kirk’s fixed point theorem and a Takahashi’s nonconvex minimization theorem for set-valued maps. Moreover, we prove that the above three theorems are equivalent to each other.     

Laguerre functions and representations of su(1,1)

Spectral analysis of a certain doubly infinite Jacobi operator leads to orthogonality relations for confluent hypergeometric functions, which are called Laguerre functions. This doubly infinite Jacobi operator corresponds to the action of a parabolic element of the Lie algebra su(l, 1). The Clebsch-Gordan coefficients for the tensor product representation of a positive and a negative discrete series representation of su(l,l) are determined for the parabolic bases. They turn out to be multiples of Jacobi functions. From the interpretation of Laguerre polynomials and functions as overlap coefficients, we obtain a product formula for the Laguerre polynomials, given by an integral over Laguerre functions, Jacobi functions and continuous dual Hahn polynomials.