Special Classes of Orthogonal Polynomials and Corresponding Quadratures of Gaussian Type

Abstract

In the first part of this survey paper we present a short account on some important properties of orthogonal polynomials on the real line, including computational methods for constructing coefficients in the fundamental three-term recurrence relation for orthogonal polynomials, and mention some basic facts on Gaussian quadrature rules. In the second part we discuss our Mathematica package Orthogonal Polynomials (see [2]) and show some applications to problems with strong nonclassical weights on (0;+1), including a conjecture for an oscillatory weight on [¡1; 1]. Finally, we give some new results on orthogonal polynomials on radial rays in the complex plane.