Laguerre polynomials [lə′ger ‚päl·ə′nō·mē·əlz]
Laguerre Polynomials
(mathematics)
A sequence of orthogonal polynomials which solve Laguerre's differential equation for positive integral values of the parameter.
Laguerre Polynomials
(named after the French mathematician E. Laguerre, 1834–86), a special system of polynomials of successively increasing degree. For n = 0, 1, 2, … the Laguerre polynomials Ln(x) can be defined by the formula
The first few Laguerre polynomials are
L0(x) = 1, L1(x) = x – 1, l2(x) = x2 – 4x + 2
L3(x) = x3 – 9x2 + 18x – 6
The Laguerre polynomials are orthogonal on the half-line x ≥ 0 with respect to the weight function e–x and are solutions of the differential equation
xyn + (1 – x)y + ny = 0
The Laguerre polynomials are recursively defined by the formula
Ln+1(x) = (x – 2n – 1)Ln(x) – n2Ln–1(x)
REFERENCE
Lebedev, N. N. Spetsial’nye funktsii i ikh prilozheniia, 2nd ed. Moscow-Leningrad, 1963.Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.
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