1.13 Hermite

Definition.

 

Orthogonality.

 

Recurrence relation.

 

Normalized recurrence relation.

 

where

Differential equation.

 

Forward shift operator.

 

Backward shift operator.

 

or equivalently

 

Rodrigues-type formula.

 

Generating functions.

 

 

 

 

 

where denotes the largest integer smaller than or equal to .

Remarks. The Hermite polynomials can also be written as :

where denotes the largest integer smaller than or equal to .

The Laguerre polynomials defined by (1.11.1) and the Hermite polynomials defined by (1.13.1) are connected by the following quadratic transformations :

and

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