Chebyshev polynomials in the 16th century

DOI10.1016/J.JAT.2022.105767zbMATH Open1505.33007arXiv2203.10955OpenAlexW4224067339WikidataQ114164900 ScholiaQ114164900MaRDI QIDQ2139170FDOQ2139170

Walter Van Assche

Publication date: 17 May 2022

Published in: Journal of Approximation Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We give a few examples of Chebyshev polynomials that appeared in mathematical problems from the 16th and 17th century. The main example is the famous equation of Adrianus Romanus (Adriaan van Roomen) containing a polynomial of degree $45$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.10955

zbMATH Keywords

Chebyshev polynomialsregular polygonshistory of mathematics.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) Orthogonal polynomials and functions of hypergeometric type (Jacobi, Laguerre, Hermite, Askey scheme, etc.) (33C45) Orthogonal functions and polynomials, general theory of nontrigonometric harmonic analysis (42C05) History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40)

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• On a cyclic inequality related to Chebyshev polynomials

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