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Difference Series
In mathematics, in the area of complex analysis, the general difference polynomials are a polynomial sequence, a certain subclass of the Sheffer polynomials, which include the Newton polynomials, Selberg's polynomials, and the Stirling interpolation polynomials as special cases. Definition The general difference polynomial sequence is given by :p_n(z)=\frac where is the binomial coefficient. For \beta=0, the generated polynomials p_n(z) are the Newton polynomials :p_n(z)= = \frac. The case of \beta=1 generates Selberg's polynomials, and the case of \beta=-1/2 generates Stirling's interpolation polynomials. Moving differences Given an analytic function f(z), define the moving difference of ''f'' as :\mathcal_n(f) = \Delta^n f (\beta n) where \Delta is the forward difference operator. Then, provided that ''f'' obeys certain summability conditions, then it may be represented in terms of these polynomials as :f(z)=\sum_^\infty p_n(z) \mathcal_n(f). The conditions for summa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathematics
Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics with the major subdisciplines of number theory, algebra, geometry, and analysis, respectively. There is no general consensus among mathematicians about a common definition for their academic discipline. Most mathematical activity involves the discovery of properties of abstract objects and the use of pure reason to prove them. These objects consist of either abstractions from nature orin modern mathematicsentities that are stipulated to have certain properties, called axioms. A ''proof'' consists of a succession of applications of deductive rules to already established results. These results include previously proved theorems, axioms, andin case of abstraction from naturesome basic properties that are considered true starting points of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Generating Function
In mathematics, a generating function is a way of encoding an infinite sequence of numbers () by treating them as the coefficients of a formal power series. This series is called the generating function of the sequence. Unlike an ordinary series, the ''formal'' power series is not required to converge: in fact, the generating function is not actually regarded as a function, and the "variable" remains an indeterminate. Generating functions were first introduced by Abraham de Moivre in 1730, in order to solve the general linear recurrence problem. One can generalize to formal power series in more than one indeterminate, to encode information about infinite multi-dimensional arrays of numbers. There are various types of generating functions, including ordinary generating functions, exponential generating functions, Lambert series, Bell series, and Dirichlet series; definitions and examples are given below. Every sequence in principle has a generating function of each type (except ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polynomials
In mathematics, a polynomial is an expression (mathematics), expression consisting of indeterminate (variable), indeterminates (also called variable (mathematics), variables) and coefficients, that involves only the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and positive-integer powers of variables. An example of a polynomial of a single indeterminate is . An example with three indeterminates is . Polynomials appear in many areas of mathematics and science. For example, they are used to form polynomial equations, which encode a wide range of problems, from elementary word problem (mathematics education), word problems to complicated scientific problems; they are used to define polynomial functions, which appear in settings ranging from basic chemistry and physics to economics and social science; they are used in calculus and numerical analysis to approximate other functions. In advanced mathematics, polynomials are used to construct polynomial rings and algebraic variety ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Creighton Buck
Robert Creighton Buck (30 August 1920 Cincinnati – 1 February 1998 Wisconsin), usually cited as R. Creighton Buck, was an American mathematician who, with Ralph Boas, introduced Boas–Buck polynomials. He taught at University of Wisconsin–Madison for 40 years. In addition, he was a writer. Biography Buck was born in Cincinnati. He studied at the University of Cincinnati and then earned his PhD in 1947 at Harvard University under David Widder and Ralph Boas with dissertation ''Uniqueness, Interpolation and Characterization Theorems for Functions of Exponential Type''. For three years he was an assistant professor at Brown University, before he became in 1950 an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where he was promoted to professor in 1954. In 1973, he became the acting director of the University of Wisconsin Army Mathematics Research Center when J. Barkley Rosser retired. At Madison he became in 1980 "Hilldale Professor" and from 1964 to 1966 he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph P
Ralph (pronounced ; or ,) is a male given name of English, Scottish and Irish origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Radulf, cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf"). The most common forms are: * Ralph, the common variant form in English language, English, which takes either of the given pronunciations. * Rafe (name), Rafe, variant form which is less common; this spelling is always pronounced , as are all other English spellings without "l". * Raife, a very rare variant. * Raif, a very rare variant. Raif Rackstraw from H.M.S. Pinafore * Ralf, the traditional variant form in Dutch language, Dutch, German language, German, Swedish language, Swedish, and Polish language, Polish. * Ralfs (given name), Ralfs, the traditional variant form in Latvian language, Latvian. * Raoul (other), Raoul, the traditional variant form in French language, French. * Raúl, the traditional variant form in Spanish language, Spanish. * Raul, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernoulli Polynomials Of The Second Kind
The Bernoulli polynomials of the second kind , also known as the Fontana-Bessel polynomials, are the polynomials defined by the following generating function: : \frac= \sum_^\infty z^n \psi_n(x) ,\qquad , z, -1 and :\gamma=\sum_^\infty\frac\Big\, \quad a>-1 where is Euler's constant. Furthermore, we also have : \Psi(v)= \frac\left\,\qquad \Re(v)>-a, where is the gamma function. The Hurwitz and Riemann zeta functions may be expanded into these polynomials as follows : \zeta(s,v)= \frac + \sum_^\infty (-1)^n \psi_(a) \sum_^ (-1)^k \binom (k+v)^ and : \zeta(s)= \frac + \sum_^\infty (-1)^n \psi_(a) \sum_^ (-1)^k \binom (k+1)^ and also : \zeta(s) =1 + \frac + \sum_^\infty (-1)^n \psi_(a) \sum_^ (-1)^k \binom (k+2)^ The Bernoulli polynomials of the second kind are also involved in the following relationship : \big(v+a-\tfrac\big)\zeta(s,v) = -\frac + \zeta(s-1,v) + \sum_^\infty (-1)^n \psi_(a) \sum_^ (-1)^k \binom (k+v)^ between the zeta functions, as w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlson's Theorem
In mathematics, in the area of complex analysis, Carlson's theorem is a uniqueness theorem which was discovered by Fritz David Carlson. Informally, it states that two different analytic functions which do not grow very fast at infinity can not coincide at the integers. The theorem may be obtained from the Phragmén–Lindelöf theorem, which is itself an extension of the maximum-modulus theorem. Carlson's theorem is typically invoked to defend the uniqueness of a Newton series expansion. Carlson's theorem has generalized analogues for other expansions. Statement Assume that satisfies the following three conditions: the first two conditions bound the growth of at infinity, whereas the third one states that vanishes on the non-negative integers. * is an entire function of exponential type, meaning that , f(z), \leq C e^, \quad z \in \mathbb for some real values , . * There exists such that , f(iy), \leq C e^, \quad y \in \mathbb * for any non-negative integer . Then i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Generalized Appell Representation
In mathematics, a polynomial sequence \ has a generalized Appell representation if the generating function for the polynomials takes on a certain form: :K(z,w) = A(w)\Psi(zg(w)) = \sum_^\infty p_n(z) w^n where the generating function or kernel K(z,w) is composed of the series :A(w)= \sum_^\infty a_n w^n \quad with a_0 \ne 0 and :\Psi(t)= \sum_^\infty \Psi_n t^n \quad and all \Psi_n \ne 0 and :g(w)= \sum_^\infty g_n w^n \quad with g_1 \ne 0. Given the above, it is not hard to show that p_n(z) is a polynomial of degree n. Boas–Buck polynomials are a slightly more general class of polynomials. Special cases * The choice of g(w)=w gives the class of Brenke polynomials. * The choice of \Psi(t)=e^t results in the Sheffer sequence of polynomials, which include the general difference polynomials, such as the Newton polynomials. * The combined choice of g(w)=w and \Psi(t)=e^t gives the Appell sequence of polynomials. Explicit representation The generalized Appell polynomials ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exponential Type
In complex analysis, a branch of mathematics, a holomorphic function is said to be of exponential type C if its growth is bounded by the exponential function ''e''''C'', ''z'', for some real-valued constant ''C'' as , ''z'', → ∞. When a function is bounded in this way, it is then possible to express it as certain kinds of convergent summations over a series of other complex functions, as well as understanding when it is possible to apply techniques such as Borel summation, or, for example, to apply the Mellin transform, or to perform approximations using the Euler–Maclaurin formula. The general case is handled by Nachbin's theorem, which defines the analogous notion of Ψ-type for a general function Ψ(''z'') as opposed to ''e''''z''. Basic idea A function ''f''(''z'') defined on the complex plane is said to be of exponential type if there exist real-valued constants ''M'' and ''τ'' such that :\left, f\left(re^\right)\ \le Me^ in the limit of r\to\infty. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Complex Analysis
Complex analysis, traditionally known as the theory of functions of a complex variable, is the branch of mathematical analysis that investigates Function (mathematics), functions of complex numbers. It is helpful in many branches of mathematics, including algebraic geometry, number theory, analytic combinatorics, applied mathematics; as well as in physics, including the branches of hydrodynamics, thermodynamics, and particularly quantum mechanics. By extension, use of complex analysis also has applications in engineering fields such as nuclear engineering, nuclear, aerospace engineering, aerospace, mechanical engineering, mechanical and electrical engineering. As a differentiable function of a complex variable is equal to its Taylor series (that is, it is Analyticity of holomorphic functions, analytic), complex analysis is particularly concerned with analytic functions of a complex variable (that is, holomorphic functions). History Complex analysis is one of the classical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forward Difference Operator
A finite difference is a mathematical expression of the form . If a finite difference is divided by , one gets a difference quotient. The approximation of derivatives by finite differences plays a central role in finite difference methods for the numerical solution of differential equations, especially boundary value problems. The difference operator, commonly denoted \Delta is the operator that maps a function to the function \Delta /math> defined by :\Delta x)= f(x+1)-f(x). A difference equation is a functional equation that involves the finite difference operator in the same way as a differential equation involves derivatives. There are many similarities between difference equations and differential equations, specially in the solving methods. Certain recurrence relations can be written as difference equations by replacing iteration notation with finite differences. In numerical analysis, finite differences are widely used for approximating derivatives, and the term "fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Analytic Function
In mathematics, an analytic function is a function that is locally given by a convergent power series. There exist both real analytic functions and complex analytic functions. Functions of each type are infinitely differentiable, but complex analytic functions exhibit properties that do not generally hold for real analytic functions. A function is analytic if and only if its Taylor series about ''x''0 converges to the function in some neighborhood for every ''x''0 in its domain. Definitions Formally, a function f is ''real analytic'' on an open set D in the real line if for any x_0\in D one can write : f(x) = \sum_^\infty a_ \left( x-x_0 \right)^ = a_0 + a_1 (x-x_0) + a_2 (x-x_0)^2 + a_3 (x-x_0)^3 + \cdots in which the coefficients a_0, a_1, \dots are real numbers and the series is convergent to f(x) for x in a neighborhood of x_0. Alternatively, a real analytic function is an infinitely differentiable function such that the Taylor series at any point x_0 in its domain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
