In this paper, we have a survey on Chebyshev polynomials o
f third and
fourth kind, which are respectively orthogonal with respect to the weight
functions
f=""/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_udi=B6TY8-4PPW6XY-6&_mathId=mml21&_user=1067359&_cdi=5612&_rdoc=3&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_userid=10&md5=fd2e34a1bc71927f0483c25358a035fa"" title=""Click to view the MathML source"" alt=""Click to view the MathML source"">ρ1(x)=(1+x)1/2(1-x)-1/2 and
f=""/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_udi=B6TY8-4PPW6XY-6&_mathId=mml22&_user=1067359&_cdi=5612&_rdoc=3&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_userid=10&md5=784905c2639cb557df1c5d04a2d1e59a"" title=""Click to view the MathML source"" alt=""Click to view the MathML source"">ρ2(x)=(1-x)1/2(1+x)-1/2 on [−1, 1]. These sequences are special cases o
f Jacobi polynomials
f=""/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_udi=B6TY8-4PPW6XY-6&_mathId=mml23&_user=1067359&_cdi=5612&_rdoc=3&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_userid=10&md5=ca279f0dba75a716d63d2b1617290d8c""> for
f=""/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_udi=B6TY8-4PPW6XY-6&_mathId=mml24&_user=1067359&_cdi=5612&_rdoc=3&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_userid=10&md5=655269a35ca5894e18337c444fd8a179"" title=""Click to view the MathML source"" alt=""Click to view the MathML source"">f"" alt=""greek small letter alpha"" title=""greek small letter alpha"" border=""0"">+β=0 and appear in the potential theory because o
f the nature o
f foresaid case di
fferential equation. General properties o
f these two sequences such as orthogonality relations, di
fferential equations, recurrence relations, decomposition o
f sequences,
Rodrigues type
formula, representation o
f polynomials in terms o
f hypergeometric
functions, generating
functions, their relation with the
first and second kind o
f Chebyshev polynomials, upper and lower bounds and eventually estimation o
f two de
finite integrals as
f=""/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_udi=B6TY8-4PPW6XY-6&_mathId=mml25&_user=1067359&_cdi=5612&_rdoc=3&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_userid=10&md5=31b68399459e0c01932f18a75103f8a8""> and
f=""/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_udi=B6TY8-4PPW6XY-6&_mathId=mml26&_user=1067359&_cdi=5612&_rdoc=3&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_userid=10&md5=37814304e3f24644bc99d81271083f30""> are represented. Moreover, under the Dirikhlet conditions, an analytic
function can be expanded in terms o
f the Chebyshev polynomials o
f third and
fourth kind. Finally, what distinguishes these two sequences
from other orthogonal polynomials is to satis
fy a semi minimax property that has application in approximating the
functions o
f type
f=""/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_udi=B6TY8-4PPW6XY-6&_mathId=mml27&_user=1067359&_cdi=5612&_rdoc=3&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_userid=10&md5=906e1055630925e5bfb392e65d380b9c"" title=""Click to view the MathML source"" alt=""Click to view the MathML source"">Q(x)Pn(x) where
f=""/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_udi=B6TY8-4PPW6XY-6&_mathId=mml28&_user=1067359&_cdi=5612&_rdoc=3&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_userid=10&md5=9c09282608904a8df4d384661614e139"" title=""Click to view the MathML source"" alt=""Click to view the MathML source"">Pn(x) is an arbitrary polynomial o
f degree
n and
f=""/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_udi=B6TY8-4PPW6XY-6&_mathId=mml29&_user=1067359&_cdi=5612&_rdoc=3&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_userid=10&md5=f83ae1f1c627187639da228bf7f20971"" title=""Click to view the MathML source"" alt=""Click to view the MathML source"">Q(x) denotes a constant weighting
factor. In this way, some numerical examples are also given.