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XXIV.—The General Form of the Orthogonal Polynomials for Simple Series, with Proofs of their Simple Properties

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

F. E. Allan
Affiliation:
Statistical Department, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts
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In Statistical Methods for Research Workers R. A. Fisher (1) has given a numerical method of curve fitting by means of orthogonal polynomials. It is proposed here to show how the properties of these polynomials and a general formula for them may be developed from the properties of their terminal differences, thus providing general proofs of the properties utilised in the numerical method.

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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1931

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