Sums of finite products of Pell polynomials in terms of hypergeometric functions (Q2122009)

The purpose of this article is to express sums of finite products of Pell polynomials \(P_n(x)\) in terms of hypergeometric functions. First, a fundamental connection between the Chebyshev polynomials of the second kind and the Pell polynomials is established. The new Chebyshev polynomials of the third and fourth kind as well as other special polynomials expressed in terms of hypergeometric functions are used in the proofs. Several special integrals and generating functions are used in the proofs. As special case, a formula for the \(r\)-th derivative of the Pell polynomial is derived. Obviously, many of these polynomials can be expressed in terms of each other.