ORTHONORMAL SERIES EXPANSIONS OF CERTAIN DISTRIBUTIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONAL TRANSFORM CALCULUS.

Abstract

A technique for expanding certain Schwartz distributions into series of orthonormal functions is devised. The method works for all the classical orthogonal polynomials and many other sets of orthogonal functions. This result is then used to generalize various standard integral transforms, which are based on orthogonal series expansions, to distributions. As specific examples, the following distributional transforms are developed: the finite Fourier transform, the Laguerre transform, the Hermite transform, the Jacobi transform, the Legendre transform, the Chebyshev transform, the Gegenbauer transform, the finite Hankel transform of zero order. An application to the solution of differential equations is given. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 15, 1964
Accession Number
AD0610748

Entities

People

  • A. H. Zemanian

Organizations

  • State University of New York

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Calculus
  • Convolution Integrals
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Integral Transforms
  • Integrals
  • Inverse Problems
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Mathematics
  • Polynomials
  • Standards

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

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  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis