Chebyshev polynomials #
The Chebyshev polynomials are two families of polynomials indexed by ℕ,
with integral coefficients.
Main definitions #
polynomial.chebyshev.T: the Chebyshev polynomials of the first kind.polynomial.chebyshev.U: the Chebyshev polynomials of the second kind.
Main statements #
- The formal derivative of the Chebyshev polynomials of the first kind is a scalar multiple of the Chebyshev polynomials of the second kind.
polynomial.chebyshev.mul_T, the product of them-th and(m + k)-th Chebyshev polynomials of the first kind is the sum of the(2 * m + k)-th andk-th Chebyshev polynomials of the first kind.polynomial.chebyshev.T_mul, the(m * n)-th Chebyshev polynomial of the first kind is the composition of them-th andn-th Chebyshev polynomials of the first kind.
Implementation details #
Since Chebyshev polynomials have interesting behaviour over the complex numbers and modulo p,
we define them to have coefficients in an arbitrary commutative ring, even though
technically ℤ would suffice.
The benefit of allowing arbitrary coefficient rings, is that the statements afterwards are clean,
and do not have map (int.cast_ring_hom R) interfering all the time.
References #
Lionel Ponton, Roots of the Chebyshev polynomials: A purely algebraic approach
TODO #
- Redefine and/or relate the definition of Chebyshev polynomials to
linear_recurrence. - Add explicit formula involving square roots for Chebyshev polynomials
- Compute zeroes and extrema of Chebyshev polynomials.
- Prove that the roots of the Chebyshev polynomials (except 0) are irrational.
- Prove minimax properties of Chebyshev polynomials.
T n is the n-th Chebyshev polynomial of the first kind
Equations
- polynomial.chebyshev.T R (n + 2) = 2 * polynomial.X * polynomial.chebyshev.T R n.succ - polynomial.chebyshev.T R n
- polynomial.chebyshev.T R 1 = polynomial.X
- polynomial.chebyshev.T R 0 = 1
U n is the n-th Chebyshev polynomial of the second kind
Equations
- polynomial.chebyshev.U R (n + 2) = 2 * polynomial.X * polynomial.chebyshev.U R n.succ - polynomial.chebyshev.U R n
- polynomial.chebyshev.U R 1 = 2 * polynomial.X
- polynomial.chebyshev.U R 0 = 1
The product of two Chebyshev polynomials is the sum of two other Chebyshev polynomials.
The (m * n)-th Chebyshev polynomial is the composition of the m-th and n-th