gegenbauer.weight {orthopolynom}R Documentation

Weight function for the Gegenbauer polynomial

Description

This function returns the value of the weight function for the order $k$ Gegenbauer polynomial, C_k^{( α )} ( x ).

Usage

gegenbauer.weight(x,alpha)

Arguments

x the function argument which can be a vector
alpha polynomial parameter

Details

The function takes on non-zero values in the interval ( -1,1 ) .

Value

The value of the weight function

Author(s)

Frederick Novomestky fnovomes@poly.edu

References

Abramowitz and Stegun (1968)

Examples

x <- seq( -2, 2, .01 )
y <- gegenbauer.weight( x, 1 )

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