Posthumous Chebyshev Polynomials
The Endeavour 2025-02-12
Summary:
Two families of orthogonal polynomials are named after Chebyshev because he explored their properties. These are prosaically named Chebyshev polynomials of the first and second kind. I recently learned there are Chebyshev polynomials of the third and fourth kind as well. You might call these posthumous Chebyshev polynomials. They were not developed by Mr. Chebyshev, […]
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