scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1408208

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Authors R. Askey

Publication date 29 May 2000

zbMATH Keywords

continued fractionsJFM 27.0261.02orthogonal polynomialsrecurrence relations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Continued fractions; complex-analytic aspects (30B70) Orthogonal polynomials and functions of hypergeometric type (Jacobi, Laguerre, Hermite, Askey scheme, etc.) (33C45) Basic orthogonal polynomials and functions (Askey-Wilson polynomials, etc.) (33D45)

Review text

The author gives a historical overview over the use of recurrence relations (continued fractions) in the derivation of theoretical results on orthogonal polynomials. He also touches upon the change of approach to orthogonality over the last 60 years (Szegő's theory concerning an interval and the unit circle was developed independently from continued fractions). Special attention is paid to an old theorem of \textit{A. A. Markoff} [Differenzenrechnung, Teubner, Leipzig (1896; JFM 27.0261.02)] that can be used to find explicit orthogonality relations from certain given three term recurrence relations. The author concludes his paper with the statement `If one likes beautiful formulas \(\ldots\) then it is useful to have a firm knowledge of continued fractions': and he is quite right! For the entire collection see [Zbl 0922.00015].

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