8.3 - Chebyshev Polynomials
www3.nd.edu › ~zxu2 › acms40390F11Chebyshev polynomials De nition Chebyshev polynomial of degree n = 0 is de ned as T n(x) = cos(narccosx) ; x2[ 1;1];or, in a more instructive form, T n(x) = cosn ; x= cos ; 2[0;ˇ] : Recursive relation of Chebyshev polynomials T 0(x) = 1 ; T 1(x) = x; T n+1(x) = 2xT n(x) T n 1(x) ; n 1 : Thus T 2(x) = 2x2 1 ; T 3(x) = 4x3 3x; T 4(x) = 8x4 8x2 + 1 T