Sobolev orthogonal polynomials and second-order differential equations

Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 547-594

  Kwon, K H ^a   Littlejohn, Susumu ^b  

^a Department Of Mathematics ^*  (South Korea)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classical orthogonal polynomials; Positive definite moment functionals; Quasi definite moment functionals; Second order differential equations; Sobolev orthogonality; Symmetric bilinear forms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032342635     PISSN: 00357596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1216/rmjm/1181071786     Document Type: Article

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