Hermite Polynomials of fractional order
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- Subject: [mg4601] Hermite Polynomials of fractional order
- From: pvfafat at gsbphd5.uchicago.edu (Vijay Fafat)
- Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 03:25:20 -0400
- Organization: GSB, University of Chicago
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Mathematica gives values for hermite polynomials even when the order of the polynomial is a real number. For e.g. HermiteH(0.3,0.4) gives 1.059. I haven't been able to find what the meaning of fractional Hermite polynomials in Abramovitz. I have also tried inputing the Hermite differential equation, both with integer order and with fractional orders but Mathematica doesn't recognize it as a standard differential eqn as it does the Bessel equation. Anyone know more about this? (Mathematica does the same for Legendre polynomials) vijay ==== [MESSAGE SEPARATOR] ====