Download or read book An Introduction to Orthogonal Polynomials written by Theodore S Chihara and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2011-02-17 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This concise introduction covers general elementary theory related to orthogonal polynomials and assumes only a first undergraduate course in real analysis. Topics include the representation theorem and distribution functions, continued fractions and chain sequences, the recurrence formula and properties of orthogonal polynomials, special functions, and some specific systems of orthogonal polynomials. 1978 edition"--