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Sets of Polynomials Orthogonal Simultaneously on Four Ellipses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Ruth Goodman*
Affiliation:
Westinghouse Defense and Space Center, Baltimore, Maryland
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It has been shown by Walsh (3) and Szegö (2) that if a set of polynomials is orthogonal on both of two distinct curves, then one curve is a level curve of the other. Szegö (2) has determined all sets of polynomials which are orthogonal simultaneously on an entire family of level curves. There are five essentially different sets, two of which are orthogonal on concentric circles, and three of which are orthogonal on confocal ellipses. Merriman (1) has shown that the orthogonality of a set of polynomials on both of two concentric circles is sufficient to guarantee their orthogonality on the entire family of circles.

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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1968

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