1. Special cases

2. Explicit representation

3. Recursion relation

4. See also

5. References

In mathematics, a polynomial sequence has a generalized Appell representation if the generating function for the polynomials takes on a certain form:

where the generating function or kernel is composed of the series

with

and

and all

and

with

Given the above, it is not hard to show that is a polynomial of degree .

Boas–Buck polynomials are a slightly more general class of polynomials.

Special cases

• The choice of gives the class of Brenke polynomials.
• The choice of results in the Sheffer sequence of polynomials, which include the general difference polynomials, such as the Newton polynomials.
• The combined choice of and gives the Appell sequence of polynomials.

Explicit representation

The generalized Appell polynomials have the explicit representation

The constant is

where this sum extends over all compositions of into parts; that is, the sum extends over all such that

For the Appell polynomials, this becomes the formula

Recursion relation

Equivalently, a necessary and sufficient condition that the kernel can be written as with is that

where and have the power series

and

Substituting

immediately gives the recursion relation

For the special case of the Brenke polynomials, one has and thus all of the , simplifying the recursion relation significantly.

See also

• q-difference polynomials

References

• Ralph P. Boas, Jr. and R. Creighton Buck, Polynomial Expansions of Analytic Functions (Second Printing Corrected), (1964) Academic Press Inc., Publishers New York, Springer-Verlag, Berlin. Library of Congress Card Number 63-23263.
• {{cite journal|first1=William C.|last1= Brenke|title=On generating functions of polynomial systems|year= 1945|journal=American Mathematical Monthly|volume = 52|number=6|pages=297–301|doi=10.2307/2305289}}
• {{cite journal|first1=W. N.|last1= Huff|title=The type of the polynomials generated by f(xt) φ(t)|year=1947|journal=Duke Mathematical Journal|volume=14|number=4|pages=1091–1104|doi=10.1215/S0012-7094-47-01483-X}}

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