scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1305066

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The main aim of the authors' paper is to obtain some properties of the so-called generalized Laguerre polynomials \(L^{(\alpha)}_n(x)\) defined for all \(\alpha\), namely: \[ L^{(\alpha)}_n(x)= (-1)^n n! \sum^n_{j= 0} {(-1)^j\over j!} {\Gamma(n+\alpha+ 1)\over \Gamma(n- j+ 1)\Gamma(\alpha+ j+ 1)} x^j,\quad n= 0,1,\dots\;. \] They first show that these polynomials are orthogonal with respect to the inner product \[ (f, g)^{(k,\alpha+ k)}_s= \int^\infty_0 F(x) M(k) G(x)^T x^{\alpha+ k} e^{-x} dx, \] where \(F(x)\) and \(G(x)\) are two vectors defined through the successive derivatives of the functions \(f(x)\) and \(g(x)\), namely: \[ F(x)= (f(x), f'(x),\dots, f^{(k)}(x)),\quad G(x)= (g(x), g'(x),\dots, g^{(k)}(x)) \] while \(M(k)\) stands for a positive definite symmetric matrix and \(k\geq \max\{0,[- \alpha]\}\). Here \([\alpha]\) refers to the greatest integer less or equal to \(\alpha\). Then, by using this orthogonality property they recover some properties of the generalized polynomials as well as their zeros. The results are expressed in the form of 2 theorems and 7 propositions. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0897.00031].











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