jacobi_polynomial

jacobi_polynomial, a C code which evaluates the Jacobi polynomial.

For a given choice of the parameters a and b, both greater than -1, the Jacobi polynomials are a set of polynomials which are pairwise orthogonal with respect to the integral:

        integral (-1<=x<=+1) J(i,a,b,x) J(j,a,b,x) (1-x)^a (1+x)^b dx
      

The standard Jacobi polynomials can be defined by a three term recurrence formula that is a bit too ugly to quote here.

It is worth noting that the definition of the Jacobi polynomials is general enough that it includes some familiar families as special cases:

• if a = b = 0, we have the Legendre polynomials, P(n,x);
• if a = b = -1/2, we have the Chebyshev polynomials of the first kind, T(n,x);
• if a = b = 1/2, we have the Chebyshev polynomials of the second kind, U(n,x);
• if a = b, we have the Gegenbauer polynomials;

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license

Languages:

jacobi_polynomial is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version.

Related Data and Programs:

BERNSTEIN_POLYNOMIAL, a C code which evaluates the Bernstein polynomials, useful for uniform approximation of functions;

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GEGENBAUER_POLYNOMIAL, a C code which evaluates the Gegenbauer polynomial and associated functions.

HERMITE_POLYNOMIAL, a C code which evaluates the physicist's Hermite polynomial, the probabilist's Hermite polynomial, the Hermite function, and related functions.

jacobi_polynomial_test

LAGUERRE_POLYNOMIAL, a C code which evaluates the Laguerre polynomial, the generalized Laguerre polynomials, and the Laguerre function.

LEGENDRE_POLYNOMIAL, a C code which evaluates the Legendre polynomial and associated functions.

LEGENDRE_SHIFTED_POLYNOMIAL, a C code which evaluates the shifted Legendre polynomial, with domain [0,1].

LOBATTO_POLYNOMIAL, a C code which evaluates Lobatto polynomials, similar to Legendre polynomials except that they are zero at both endpoints.

POLPAK, a C code which evaluates a variety of mathematical functions.

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Reference:

1. Theodore Chihara,
   An Introduction to Orthogonal Polynomials,
   Gordon and Breach, 1978,
   ISBN: 0677041500,
   LC: QA404.5 C44.
2. Walter Gautschi,
   Orthogonal Polynomials: Computation and Approximation,
   Oxford, 2004,
   ISBN: 0-19-850672-4,
   LC: QA404.5 G3555.
3. Frank Olver, Daniel Lozier, Ronald Boisvert, Charles Clark,
   NIST Handbook of Mathematical Functions,
   Cambridge University Press, 2010,
   ISBN: 978-0521192255,
   LC: QA331.N57.
4. Gabor Szego,
   Orthogonal Polynomials,
   American Mathematical Society, 1992,
   ISBN: 0821810235,
   LC: QA3.A5.v23.

Source Code:

• jacobi_polynomial.c, the source code.
• jacobi_polynomial.sh, compiles the source code.
• jacobi_polynomial.h, the source code.