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§18.3 Definitions

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Table 18.3.1: Orthogonality properties for classical OP’s: intervals, weight functions, standardizations, leading coefficients, and parameter constraints. …

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Name	$p_{n}(x)$	$(a,b)$	$w(x)$	$h_{n}$	$k_{n}$	$\ifrac{\tilde{k}_{n}}{k_{n}}$
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Chebyshev of second kind	$U_{n}\left(x\right)$	$(-1,1)$	$(1-x^{2})^{\frac{1}{2}}$	$\tfrac{1}{2}\pi$	$2^{n}$	$0$
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Shifted Chebyshev of second kind	$U^{*}_{n}\left(x\right)$	$(0,1)$	$(x-x^{2})^{\frac{1}{2}}$	$\tfrac{1}{8}\pi$	$2^{2n}$	$-\tfrac{1}{2}n$
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► … ►In addition to the orthogonal property given by Table 18.3.1, the Chebyshev polynomials

T_{n}\left(x\right)

,

n=0,1,\dots,N

, are orthogonal on the discrete point set comprising the zeros

x_{N+1,n},n=1,2,\dots,N+1

, of

T_{N+1}\left(x\right)

: … ►For another version of the discrete orthogonality property of the polynomials

T_{n}\left(x\right)

see (3.11.9). …

… ►For

P_{n}\left(x\right)

(

=\mathsf{P}_{n}\left(x\right)

) see §14.33. ►Abramowitz and Stegun (1964, Tables 22.4, 22.6, 22.11, and 22.13) tabulates

T_{n}\left(x\right)

,

U_{n}\left(x\right)

,

L_{n}\left(x\right)

, and

H_{n}\left(x\right)

for

n=0(1)12

. The ranges of

x

are

0.2(.2)1

for

T_{n}\left(x\right)

and

U_{n}\left(x\right)

, and

0.5,1,3,5,10

for

L_{n}\left(x\right)

and

H_{n}\left(x\right)

. …

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Chebyshev, Ultraspherical, and Jacobi

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18.7.7

T^{*}_{n}\left(x\right)=T_{n}\left(2x-1\right),

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Symbols:: $T_{\NVar{n}}\left(\NVar{x}\right)$ : Chebyshev polynomial of the first kind, $T^{*}_{\NVar{n}}\left(\NVar{x}\right)$ : shifted Chebyshev polynomial of the first kind, $n$ : nonnegative integer and $x$ : real variable
A&S Ref:: 22.5.14
Referenced by:: §18.7(i)
Permalink:: http://dlmf.nist.gov/18.7.E7
Encodings:: pMML, png, TeX
See also:: Annotations for §18.7(i), §18.7(i), §18.7 and Ch.18

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18.7.8

U^{*}_{n}\left(x\right)=U_{n}\left(2x-1\right).

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Symbols:: $U_{\NVar{n}}\left(\NVar{x}\right)$ : Chebyshev polynomial of the second kind, $U^{*}_{\NVar{n}}\left(\NVar{x}\right)$ : shifted Chebyshev polynomial of the second kind, $n$ : nonnegative integer and $x$ : real variable
A&S Ref:: 22.5.15
Permalink:: http://dlmf.nist.gov/18.7.E8
Encodings:: pMML, png, TeX
See also:: Annotations for §18.7(i), §18.7(i), §18.7 and Ch.18

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18.7.17

U_{2n}\left(x\right)=W_{n}\left(2x^{2}-1\right),

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Symbols:: $W_{\NVar{n}}\left(\NVar{x}\right)$ : Chebyshev polynomial of the fourth kind, $U_{\NVar{n}}\left(\NVar{x}\right)$ : Chebyshev polynomial of the second kind, $V_{\NVar{n}}\left(\NVar{x}\right)$ : Chebyshev polynomial of the third kind, $n$ : nonnegative integer and $x$ : real variable
A&S Ref:: 22.5.30
Referenced by:: §18.7(ii), Erratum (V1.0.28) for Table 18.3.1
Permalink:: http://dlmf.nist.gov/18.7.E17
Encodings:: pMML, png, TeX
Correction (effective with 1.0.28):: The DLMF now adopts the definitions for the Chebyshevpolynomials of the third and fourth kinds $V_{n}\left(x\right)$ , $W_{n}\left(x\right)$ used in Mason and Handscomb (2003). Therefore $V_{n}\left(x\right)$ , $W_{n}\left(x\right)$ , having been interchanged, on the right-hand side we replaced $V_{n}\left(2x^{2}-1\right)$ , with $W_{n}\left(2x^{2}-1\right)$ . For further details see Errata.
See also:: Annotations for §18.7(ii), §18.7 and Ch.18

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18.7.18

T_{2n+1}\left(x\right)=xV_{n}\left(2x^{2}-1\right).

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Symbols:: $T_{\NVar{n}}\left(\NVar{x}\right)$ : Chebyshev polynomial of the first kind, $W_{\NVar{n}}\left(\NVar{x}\right)$ : Chebyshev polynomial of the fourth kind, $V_{\NVar{n}}\left(\NVar{x}\right)$ : Chebyshev polynomial of the third kind, $n$ : nonnegative integer and $x$ : real variable
A&S Ref:: 22.5.29
Referenced by:: §18.7(ii), Erratum (V1.0.28) for Table 18.3.1
Permalink:: http://dlmf.nist.gov/18.7.E18
Encodings:: pMML, png, TeX
Correction (effective with 1.0.28):: The DLMF now adopts the definitions for the Chebyshevpolynomials of the third and fourth kinds $V_{n}\left(x\right)$ , $W_{n}\left(x\right)$ used in Mason and Handscomb (2003). Therefore $V_{n}\left(x\right)$ , $W_{n}\left(x\right)$ , having been interchanged, on the right-hand side we replaced $xW_{n}\left(2x^{2}-1\right)$ , with $xV_{n}\left(2x^{2}-1\right)$ . For further details see Errata.
See also:: Annotations for §18.7(ii), §18.7 and Ch.18

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Table 18.9.1: Classical OP’s: recurrence relations (18.9.1).

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$p_{n}(x)$	$A_{n}$	$B_{n}$	$C_{n}$
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$U_{n}\left(x\right)$	$2$	$0$	$1$
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$U^{*}_{n}\left(x\right)$	$4$	$-2$	$1$
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18.9.9

T_{n}\left(x\right)=\tfrac{1}{2}\left(U_{n}\left(x\right)-U_{n-2}\left(x\right% )\right),

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Symbols:: $T_{\NVar{n}}\left(\NVar{x}\right)$ : Chebyshev polynomial of the first kind, $U_{\NVar{n}}\left(\NVar{x}\right)$ : Chebyshev polynomial of the second kind, $n$ : nonnegative integer and $x$ : real variable
A&S Ref:: 22.5.8
Referenced by:: §18.7(i), §18.9(ii)
Permalink:: http://dlmf.nist.gov/18.9.E9
Encodings:: pMML, png, TeX
See also:: Annotations for §18.9(ii), §18.9(ii), §18.9 and Ch.18

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18.9.12

T_{n+1}\left(x\right)+T_{n}\left(x\right)=(1+x)V_{n}\left(x\right).

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Symbols:: $T_{\NVar{n}}\left(\NVar{x}\right)$ : Chebyshev polynomial of the first kind, $W_{\NVar{n}}\left(\NVar{x}\right)$ : Chebyshev polynomial of the fourth kind, $V_{\NVar{n}}\left(\NVar{x}\right)$ : Chebyshev polynomial of the third kind, $n$ : nonnegative integer and $x$ : real variable
Referenced by:: §18.7(i), §18.9(ii), §18.9(ii), §18.9(ii), Erratum (V1.0.28) for Table 18.3.1
Permalink:: http://dlmf.nist.gov/18.9.E12
Encodings:: pMML, png, TeX
Correction (effective with 1.0.28):: The DLMF now adopts the definitions for the Chebyshevpolynomials of the third and fourth kinds $V_{n}\left(x\right)$ , $W_{n}\left(x\right)$ used in Mason and Handscomb (2003). Therefore $V_{n}\left(x\right)$ , $W_{n}\left(x\right)$ , having been interchanged, on the right-hand side we replaced $(1+x)W_{n}\left(x\right)$ with $(1+x)V_{n}\left(x\right)$ . For further details see Errata.
See also:: Annotations for §18.9(ii), §18.9(ii), §18.9 and Ch.18

►Identities similar to (18.9.11) and (18.9.12) involving

W_{n}\left(x\right)

and

T_{n}\left(x\right)

can be obtained using rows 4 and 7 in Table 18.6.1. …

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Chebyshev of first, second, third, and fourth kinds: $T_{n}\left(x\right)$ , $U_{n}\left(x\right)$ , $V_{n}\left(x\right)$ , $W_{n}\left(x\right)$ .

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Shifted Chebyshev of first and second kinds: $T^{*}_{n}\left(x\right)$ , $U^{*}_{n}\left(x\right)$ .

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C_{n}\left(x\right)=2T_{n}\left(\tfrac{1}{2}x\right),

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S_{n}\left(x\right)=U_{n}\left(\tfrac{1}{2}x\right).

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Table 18.6.1: Classical OP’s: symmetry and special values.

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$p_{n}(x)$	$p_{n}(-x)$	$p_{n}(1)$	$p_{2n}(0)$	$p_{2n+1}^{\prime}(0)$
…
$T_{n}\left(x\right)$	$(-1)^{n}T_{n}\left(x\right)$	$1$	$(-1)^{n}$	$(-1)^{n}(2n+1)$
$U_{n}\left(x\right)$	$(-1)^{n}U_{n}\left(x\right)$	$n+1$	$(-1)^{n}$	$(-1)^{n}(2n+2)$
$V_{n}\left(x\right)$	$(-1)^{n}W_{n}\left(x\right)$	$1$	$(-1)^{n}$	$(-1)^{n}(2n+2)$
$W_{n}\left(x\right)$	$(-1)^{n}V_{n}\left(x\right)$	$2n+1$	$(-1)^{n}$	$(-1)^{n}(2n+2)$
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T_{0}\left(x\right)=1,

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T_{1}\left(x\right)=x,

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T_{2}\left(x\right)=2x^{2}-1,

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T_{3}\left(x\right)=4x^{3}-3x,

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U_{0}\left(x\right)=1,

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… ►The Chebyshev polynomials

T_{n}

are given by … ►

3.11.7

T_{n+1}\left(x\right)-2xT_{n}\left(x\right)+T_{n-1}\left(x\right)=0,

n=1,2,\dots

,

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Symbols:: $T_{\NVar{n}}\left(\NVar{x}\right)$ : Chebyshev polynomial of the first kind
Referenced by:: §3.11(ii)
Permalink:: http://dlmf.nist.gov/3.11.E7
Encodings:: pMML, png, TeX
See also:: Annotations for §3.11(ii), §3.11 and Ch.3

►with initial values

T_{0}\left(x\right)=1

,

T_{1}\left(x\right)=x

. … ►For the expansion (3.11.11), numerical values of the Chebyshev polynomials

T_{n}\left(x\right)

can be generated by application of the recurrence relation (3.11.7). …Let

c_{n}T_{n}\left(x\right)

be the last term retained in the truncated series. …

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Table 18.8.1: Classical OP’s: differential equations

A(x)f^{\prime\prime}(x)+B(x)f^{\prime}(x)+C(x)f(x)+\lambda_{n}f(x)=0

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#	$f(x)$	$A(x)$	$B(x)$	$C(x)$	$\lambda_{n}$
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5	$T_{n}\left(x\right)$	$1-x^{2}$	$-x$	$0$	$n^{2}$
6	$U_{n}\left(x\right)$	$1-x^{2}$	$-3x$	$0$	$n(n+2)$
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… ►For discussions of the approximation of generalized hypergeometric functions and the Meijer

G

-function in terms of polynomials, rational functions, and Chebyshev polynomials see Luke (1975, §§5.12 - 5.13) and Luke (1977b, Chapters 1 and 9).

Chebyshev polynomials

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1: 18.3 Definitions

§18.3 Definitions

2: 18.41 Tables

3: 18.7 Interrelations and Limit Relations

Chebyshev, Ultraspherical, and Jacobi

4: 18.9 Recurrence Relations and Derivatives

5: 18.1 Notation

6: 18.6 Symmetry, Special Values, and Limits to Monomials

7: 18.5 Explicit Representations

8: 3.11 Approximation Techniques

9: 18.8 Differential Equations

10: 16.26 Approximations