Chebyshev Polynomials: from Approximation Theory to Algebra and Number Theory

Theodore J. Rivlin

ISBN 10: 0486842339 / ISBN 13: 9780486842332

Published by Dover Publications Inc., US, 2020

About this Item

This survey of the most important properties of the Chebyshev polynomials encompasses several areas of mathematical analysis: interpolation theory, orthogonal polynomials, approximation theory, numerical integration, numerical analysis, and ergodic theory. Originally published in 1974, the text was updated in 1990; this reprint of the second edition corrects various errors and features new material, including a chapter introducing elementary algebraic and number theoretic properties of Chebyshev polynomials.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Chebyshev Polynomials: from Approximation Theory to Algebra and Number Theory
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc., US
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0486842339
• ISBN 13: 9780486842332
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This survey of the most important properties of the Chebyshev polynomials encompasses several areas of mathematical analysis: interpolation theory, orthogonal polynomials, approximation theory, numerical integration, numerical analysis, and ergodic theory. Originally published in 1974, the text was updated in 1990; this reprint of the second edition corrects various errors and features new material, including a chapter introducing elementary algebraic and number theoretic properties of Chebyshev polynomials.

About the Author

Theodore J. Rivlin (1926-2006) was on the staff of the IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York. His other Dover book is An Introduction to the Approximation of Functions.