XXIV.—The General Form of the Orthogonal Polynomials for Simple Series, with Proofs of their Simple Properties
- 1 January 1931
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- Vol. 50, 310-320
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0370164600044953
Abstract
In Statistical Methods for Research Workers R. A. Fisher (1) has given a numerical method of curve fitting by means of orthogonal polynomials. It is proposed here to show how the properties of these polynomials and a general formula for them may be developed from the properties of their terminal differences, thus providing general proofs of the properties utilised in the numerical method.Keywords
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