On Legendre functions of imaginary degree and associated integral transforms

New integral representations, asymptotic formulas, and series expansions in powers of tanh(t/2) are obtained for the imaginary and real parts of the Legendre function P_iξ(cosht). Coefficients of these series expansions are orthogonal polynomials in the real variable ξ. A number of relations for these orthogonal polynomials are obtained on the basis of the generating function. Several inversion theorems are proven for the integral transforms involving the Legendre function of imaginary degree. In many cases it is preferable to employ these transforms, than Mehler-Fok transforms, since conditions placed on functions are less restrictive.     

ON THE ZEROS OF POLYNOMIALS OVER QUATERNIONS

ABSTRACT

We review and expand some results on the number of zeros of polynomials over Hamilton's quaternions, with particular emphasis on those polynomials with coefficients in a degree two subfield.     

The rodrigues type representations for a certain class of special functions

Summary An attempt is made here to present a systematic introduction to and several applications of a certain method of obtaining Rodrigues type representations for a fairly wide variety of sequences of special functions. The main results, contained in Theorems2 and3 below, are shown to apply not only to the Bessel polynomials, the classical orthogonal polynomials including, for instance, Hermite, Jacobi (and, of course, Gegenbauer, Legendre, and Tchebycheff), and Laguerre polynomials, and to their various generalizations studied in recent years, but also to such other special functions as the Bessel function and a certain class of generalized hypergeometric functions. Entrata in Redazione il 25 giugno 1977. This work was partially supported by the National Research Council of Canada under grants A-7353 and A-4027. For a preliminary report of this paper see Notices Amer. Math. Soc.,24 (1977), p. A-238, Abstract no. 77T-B43.     

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.     

An orthogonal basis for non-uniform algebraic-trigonometric spline space

Non-uniform algebraic-trigonometric B-splines shares most of the properties as those of the usual polynomial B-splines. But they are not orthogonal. We construct an orthogonal basis for the n-order(n ≥ 3) algebraic-trigonometric spline space in order to resolve the theoretical problem that there is not an explicit orthogonal basis in the space by now. Motivated by the Legendre polynomials, we present a novel approach to define a set of auxiliary functions,which have simple and explicit expressions. Then the proposed orthogonal splines are given as the derivatives of these auxiliary functions.     

Basis conversions among univariate polynomial representations

In this Note we provide a family of conversion algorithms relating Bernstein polynomials, monomials and the classical families of orthogonal polynomials, such as Jacobi, Gegenbauer, Legendre, Chebyshev, Laguerre and Hermite polynomials. To cite this article: R. Barrio, J.M. Peña, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 339 (2004).     

WEIGHT FUNCTIONS FOR SOME NEW CLASSES OF ORTHOGONAL POLYNOMIALS

This article continue the discussion of finding weight functions for orthogonal polynomials in thtee situations. The Gegenbauer polynoraials are shown to have a distributional weight function.The polynomials of Geronimus [6] which are orthogonal on[—1,1]ale explicitely calculated.An application to Pade approximations is made.Two negative situations are mentioned.     

A Cubic Decomposition of Sequences of Orthogonal Polynomials on the Unit Circle

In this paper we will discuss the problem of generation of sequences of orthogonal polynomials with respect to measures supported on the unit circle from a given sequence of orthogonal polynomials using a perturbation of a cubic sieved process. The basic tools are the Szeg? forward recurrence relation as well as the fact of the coprimality of orthogonal polynomials on the unit circle and their corresponding reverse polynomials. We also give the connection between the associated orthogonality measures. Finally, some examples of this cubic decomposition are shown.     

On sequences of Hurwitz polynomials related to orthogonal polynomials

ABSTRACT

In this contribution, we explore the well-known connection between Hurwitz and orthogonal polynomials. Namely, given a Hurwitz polynomial, it is shown that it can be decomposed into two parts: a polynomial that is orthogonal with respect to some positive measure supported in the positive real axis and its corresponding second-kind polynomial. Conversely, given a sequence of orthogonal polynomials with respect to a positive measure supported in the positive real axis, a sequence of Hurwitz polynomials can be constructed. Based on that connection, we construct sequences of Hurwitz polynomials that satisfy a recurrence relation, in a similar way as the orthogonal polynomials do. Even more, we present a way to construct families of Hurwitz polynomials using two sequences of parameters and a recurrence relation that constitutes an analogue of Favard's theorem in the theory of orthogonal polynomials.     

Nonlinear functional equations satisfied by orthogonal polynomials

Let c be a linear functional defined by its moments c(xⁱ)=c_i for i=0,1,…. We proved that the nonlinear functional equations P(t)=c(P(x)P(αx+t)) and P(t)=c(P(x)P(xt)) admit polynomial solutions which are the polynomials belonging to the family of formal orthogonal polynomials with respect to a linear functional related to c. This equation relates the polynomials of the family with those of the scaled and shifted family. Other types of nonlinear functional equations whose solutions are formal orthogonal polynomials are also presented. Applications to Legendre and Chebyshev polynomials are given. Then, orthogonality with respect to a definite inner product is studied. When c is an integral functional with respect to a weight function, the preceding functional equations are nonlinear integral equations, and these results lead to new characterizations of orthogonal polynomials on the real line, on the unit circle, and, more generally, on an algebraic curve.     

Some systems of multivariable orthogonal q-Racah polynomials

In 1991 Tratnik derived two systems of multivariable orthogonal Racah polynomials and considered their limit cases. q-Extensions of these systems are derived, yielding systems of multivariable orthogonal q-Racah polynomials, from which systems of multivariable orthogonal q-Hahn, dual q-Hahn, q-Krawtchouk, q-Meixner, and q-Charlier polynomials follow as special or limit cases. Dedicated to Richard Askey on the occasion of his 70th birthday. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification Primary—33D50; Secondary—33C50 Supported in part by NSERC grant #A6197.     

Some classes of special functions using Fourier transforms of some two-Variable orthogonal polynomials

ABSTRACT

In this paper some new classes of two-variable orthogonal functions by using Fourier transforms of two-variable orthogonal polynomials are introduced. Orthogonality relations are obtained by using the Parseval identity. Recurrence relations for new families of orthogonal functions are also presented.     

A finite sequence of Hahn-type discrete orthogonal polynomials

ABSTRACT

By considering a specific Sturm–Liouville problem, we introduce a finite sequence of Hahn-type discrete polynomials and prove that they are finitely orthogonal on the real line. We then compute their norm square value by using Dougall's bilateral sum and obtain all moments corresponding to the introduced polynomials.     

Adomian decomposition method with orthogonal polynomials: Legendre polynomials

This paper illustrates the using of orthogonal polynomials to modify the Adomian decomposition method. The method of employing Legendre polynomials to improve the Adomian decomposition method is presented here and compared to the method of using Chebyshev polynomials. The presented modified Adomian decomposition method is validated through an example and advantage as well as efficiency of this method is verified through investigating and comparing the results. In this paper, it is concluded that both orthogonal polynomials: Chebyshev and Legendre polynomials can be successfully used for the Adomian decomposition method and comparatively the Chebyshev expansion provides the better estimation.     

Orthogonal polynomials and Gaussian quadrature for refinable weight functions

We show how to compute the modified moments of a refinable weight function directly from its mask in O(N²n) rational operations, where N is the desired number of moments and n the length of the mask. Three immediate applications of such moments are:

• the expansion of a refinable weight function as a Legendre series;

• the generation of the polynomials orthogonal with respect to a refinable weight function;

• the calculation of Gaussian quadrature formulas for refinable weight functions.

In the first two cases, all operations are rational and can in principle be performed exactly.

Legendre modified moments for Euler's constant

Polynomial moments are often used for the computation of Gauss quadrature to stabilize the numerical calculation of the orthogonal polynomials, see [W. Gautschi, Computational aspects of orthogonal polynomials, in: P. Nevai (Ed.), Orthogonal Polynomials-Theory and Practice, NATO ASI Series, Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences, vol. 294. Kluwer, Dordrecht, 1990, pp. 181–216 [6]; W. Gautschi, On the sensitivity of orthogonal polynomials to perturbations in the moments, Numer. Math. 48(4) (1986) 369–382 [5]; W. Gautschi, On generating orthogonal polynomials, SIAM J. Sci. Statist. Comput. 3(3) (1982) 289–317 [4]] or numerical resolution of linear systems [C. Brezinski, Padé-type approximation and general orthogonal polynomials, ISNM, vol. 50, Basel, Boston, Stuttgart, Birkhäuser, 1980 [3]]. These modified moments can also be used to accelerate the convergence of sequences to a real or complex numbers if the error satisfies some properties as done in [C. Brezinski, Accélération de la convergence en analyse numérique, Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol. 584. Springer, Berlin, New York, 1977; M. Prévost, Padé-type approximants with orthogonal generating polynomials, J. Comput. Appl. Math. 9(4) (1983) 333–346]. In this paper, we use Legendre modified moments to accelerate the convergence of the sequence H_n-log(n+1) to the Euler's constant γ. A formula for the error is given. It is proved that it is a totally monotonic sequence. At last, we give applications to the arithmetic property of γ.     

Projection Pursuit Indexes Based on Orthonormal Function Expansions

Abstract

Projection pursuit describes a procedure for searching high-dimensional data for “interesting” low-dimensional projections via the optimization of a criterion function called the projection pursuit index. By empirically examining the optimization process for several projection pursuit indexes, we observed differences in the types of structure that maximized each index. We were especially curious about differences between two indexes based on expansions in terms of orthogonal polynomials, the Legendre index, and the Hermite index. Being fast to compute, these indexes are ideally suited for dynamic graphics implementations.

Both Legendre and Hermite indexes are weighted L ² distances between the density of the projected data and a standard normal density. A general form for this type of index is introduced that encompasses both indexes. The form clarifies the effects of the weight function on the index's sensitivity to differences from normality, highlighting some conceptual problems with the Legendre and Hermite indexes. A new index, called the Natural Hermite index, which alleviates some of these problems, is introduced.

A polynomial expansion of the data density reduces the form of the index to a sum of squares of the coefficients used in the expansion. This drew our attention to examining these coefficients as indexes in their own right. We found that the first two coefficients, and the lowest-order indexes produced by them, are the most useful ones for practical data exploration because they respond to structure that can be analytically identified, and because they have “long-sighted” vision that enables them to “see” large structure from a distance. Complementing this low-order behavior, the higher-order indexes are “short-sighted.” They are able to see intricate structure, but only when they are close to it.

We also show some practical use of projection pursuit using the polynomial indexes, including a discovery of previously unseen structure in a set of telephone usage data, and two cautionary examples which illustrate that structure found is not always meaningful.     

Is the recurrence relation for orthogonal polynomials always stable?

Attention is drawn to a phenomenon of pseudostability in connection with the three-term recurrence relation for discrete orthogonal polynomials. The computational implications of this phenomenon are illustrated in the case of discrete Legendre and Krawtchouk polynomials. The phenomenon also helps to explain a form of instability in Stieltjes's procedure for generating recursion coefficients of discrete orthogonal polynomials.Work supported in part by the National Science Foundation under grant DMS-9023403.     

On q-orthogonal polynomials over a collection of complex origin intervals related to little q-Jacobi polynomials

We construct the sequence of orthogonal polynomials with respect to an inner product which is defined by q-integrals over a collection of intervals in the complex plane. We prove that they are connected with little q-Jacobi polynomials. For such polynomials we discuss a few representations, a recurrence relation, a difference equation, a Rodrigues-type formula and a generating function. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification Primary—33D45, 42C05