TY - JOUR
T1 - Self-adjoint operators generated from non-Lagrangian symmetric equations having orthogonal polynomial eigenfunctions
AU - Everitt, W
AU - Kwon, KH
AU - Lee, JK
AU - Littlejohn, LL
AU - Williams, SC
PY - 2001/9/1
Y1 - 2001/9/1
N2 - We discuss the self-adjoint spectral theory associated with a certain fourth-order non-Lagrangian symmetrizable ordinary differential equation t(4)[y] = lambday that has a sequence of orthogonal polynomial solutions. This example was first discovered by Jung, Kwon, and Lee. In their paper, they derive the remarkable formula for these polynomials {Q(n)(x)}(n=0)infinity : Q(n)(x) = n integral(1)(x) PLn-1(t)dt, n is an element of N, where {PLn(x)}(n=0)(infinity) are the left Legendre type polynomials. The left Legendre type polynomials and the spectral analysis of the associated symmetric fourth-order differential equation that they satisfy have been extensively studied previously by Krall, Loveland, Everitt, and Littlejohn.
AB - We discuss the self-adjoint spectral theory associated with a certain fourth-order non-Lagrangian symmetrizable ordinary differential equation t(4)[y] = lambday that has a sequence of orthogonal polynomial solutions. This example was first discovered by Jung, Kwon, and Lee. In their paper, they derive the remarkable formula for these polynomials {Q(n)(x)}(n=0)infinity : Q(n)(x) = n integral(1)(x) PLn-1(t)dt, n is an element of N, where {PLn(x)}(n=0)(infinity) are the left Legendre type polynomials. The left Legendre type polynomials and the spectral analysis of the associated symmetric fourth-order differential equation that they satisfy have been extensively studied previously by Krall, Loveland, Everitt, and Littlejohn.
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U2 - 10.1216/rmjm/1020171672
DO - 10.1216/rmjm/1020171672
M3 - Article
VL - 31
SP - 899
EP - 937
JO - Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics
JF - Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics
ER -