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Title Orthogonal polynomials and special functions : computation and applications / F. Marcellán, W. van Assche (eds.)
Published Berlin : Springer, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 418 pages) : illustrations, portrait
Series Lecture notes in mathematics, 0075-8434 ; 1883
Lecture notes in mathematics (Springer-Verlag) ; 1883.
Contents Orthogonal polynomials, quadrature, and approximation: computational methods and software (in Matlab) / Walter Gautschi -- Equilibrium problems of potential theory in the complex plane / Andrei Martinez Finkelshtein -- Discrete orthogonal polynomials and superlinear convergence of Krylov subspace methods in numerical linear algebra / Bernhard Beckermann -- Orthogonal rational functions on the unit circle: from the scalar to the matrix case / Adhemar Bultheel [and others] -- Orthogonal polynomials and separation of variables / Vadim B. Kuznetsov -- An algebraic approach to the askey scheme of orthogonal polynomials / Paul Terwilliger -- Painlevé equations-nonlinear special functions / Peter A. Clarkson
Summary Special functions and orthogonal polynomials in particular have been around for centuries. Can you imagine mathematics without trigonometric functions, the exponential function or polynomials? In the twentieth century the emphasis was on special functions satisfying linear differential equations, but this has now been extended to difference equations, partial differential equations and non-linear differential equations. The present set of lecture notes containes seven chapters about the current state of orthogonal polynomials and special functions and gives a view on open problems and future directions. The topics are: computational methods and software for quadrature and approximation, equilibrium problems in logarithmic potential theory, discrete orthogonal polynomials and convergence of Krylov subspace methods in numerical linear algebra, orthogonal rational functions and matrix orthogonal rational functions, orthogonal polynomials in several variables (Jack polynomials) and separation of variables, a classification of finite families of orthogonal polynomials in Askey's scheme using Leonard pairs, and non-linear special functions associated with the Painlevé equations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Orthogonal polynomials.
Functions, Special.
MATHEMATICS -- Calculus.
MATHEMATICS -- Mathematical Analysis.
Polynômes orthogonaux.
Fonctions spéciales.
Orthogonale reeksen.
Speciale functies (wiskunde)
Orthogonal polynomials.
Functions, Special.
Polinomios ortogonales
Funciones especiales
Functions, Special
Orthogonal polynomials
Orthogonale reeksen.
Speciale functies (wiskunde)
Form Electronic book
Author Marcellán, Francisco
Assche, Walter van, 1958-
ISBN 9783540367161
3540367160
3540310622
9783540310624
6610635064
9786610635061