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In mathematics, the Hermite polynomials are a classical orthogonal polynomial sequence. The polynomials arise in: * probability, such as the Edgeworth series; * in combinatorics, as an example of an Appell sequence, obeying the umbral calculus; * in numerical analysis as Gaussian quadrature; * in finite element methods as shape functions for beams; * in physics, where they give rise to the eigenstates of the quantum harmonic oscillator; * in systems theory in connection with nonlinear operations on Gaussian noise. Hermite polynomials were defined by 〔P.S. Laplace: ''Théorie analytique des probabilitte és'' 1812 livre 2, 321-323; Oeuvres VII〕 though in scarcely recognizable form, and studied in detail by Chebyshev (1859).〔P.L.Chebyshev: ''Sur le développement des fonctions à une seule variable'' Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Petersb. I 1859 193-200; Oeuvres I 501-508.〕 Chebyshev's work was overlooked and they were named later after Charles Hermite who wrote on the polynomials in 1864 describing them as new.〔C. Hermite: ''Sur un nouveau développement en série de fonctions'' C. R Acad. Sci. Paris 58 1864 93-100; Oeuvres II 293-303〕 They were consequently not new although in later 1865 papers Hermite was the first to define the multidimensional polynomials. ==Definition== There are two different ways of standardizing the Hermite polynomials: * The "probabilists' Hermite polynomials" are given by ::, * while the "physicists' Hermite polynomials" are given by ::. These two definitions are not exactly identical; each one is a rescaling of the other, : is the probability density function for the normal distribution with expected value 0 and standard deviation 1. The first eleven probabilists' Hermite polynomials are: : : : : : : and the first eleven physicists' Hermite polynomials are: : : : : : : : : : : : 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hermite polynomials」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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