James Alexander Shohat
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, James Alexander Shohat was a Russian-American mathematician at the University of Pennsylvania who worked on the moment problem. He studied at the University of Petrograd and married the physicist Nadiascha W. Galli, the couple emigrating from Russia to the United States in 1923.
James Alexander Shohat's Published Works
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Published Works
- The problem of moments (1943) (1144)
- A differential equation for orthogonal polynomials (1939) (190)
- On mechanical quadratures, in particular, with positive coefficients (1937) (110)
- A proof of the generalized second-limit theorem in the theory of probability (1931) (88)
- The Relation of the Classical Orthogonal Polynomials to the Polynomials of Appell (1936) (88)
- On mechanical quadratures (1934) (55)
- INEQUALITIES FOR MOMENTS OF FREQUENCY FUNCTIONS AND FOR VARIOUS STATISTICAL CONSTANTS (1929) (37)
- On Van der Pol's and Related Non‐Linear Differential Equations (1944) (36)
- The Problem of Moments (Rev. Edition)(Mathematical Surveys and Monographs 1) (1943) (31)
- Review: Gabor Szegö, Orthogonal Polynomials (1940) (28)
- A general theory of the problem of moments (1943) (23)
- A Bibliography on orthogonal polynomials : Report of the commitee on A Bibliography on orthogonal polynomials Division of Ohysical Sciences National Research Council (1940) (19)
- A New Analytical Method for Solving van der Pol's and Certain Related Types of Non‐Linear Differential Equations, Homogeneous and Non‐Homogeneous (1943) (17)
- Laguerre polynomials and the Laplace transform (1940) (16)
- The best polynomial approximation of functions possessing derivatives (1941) (12)
- Application of orthogonal tchebycheff polynomials to lagrangean interpolation and to the general theory of polynomials (1939) (11)
- On a certain formula of mechanical quadratures with non-equidistant ordinates (1929) (11)
- On the Convergence Properties of Lagrange Interpolation Based on the Zeros of Orthogonal Tchebycheff Polynomials (1937) (8)
- A Bibliography of Orthogonal Polynomials (1941) (8)
- On a Certain Transformation of Infinite Series (1933) (6)
- On the Numerations of the Continued Fraction. (1932) (5)
- On the development of continuous functions in series of Tchebycheff polynomials (1925) (5)
- On the development of functions in series of orthogonal polynomials (1935) (4)
- On a general formula in the theory of Tchebycheff polynomials and its applications (1927) (4)
- On the Asymptotic Expressions for Jacobi and Legendre Polynomials Derived from Finite-Difference Equations (1926) (2)
- Note on closure for orthogonal polynomials (1942) (2)
- Theory of the Hamburger moment problem (1943) (2)
- On Stieltjes Continued Fractions (1932) (2)
- Orthogonal Polynomials and Polynomials in General (1947) (2)
- On some properties of polynomials (1929) (2)
- On the Continued Fractions Associated with, and Corresponding to, the Integral b a p(y) x-y dy (2)
- Errata: “A proof of the generalized second-limit theorem in the theory of probability” [Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 33 (1931), no. 2, 533–543; 1501604] (1931) (1)
- Stieltjes Integrals in Mathematical Statistics (1930) (1)
- On the polynomial of the best approximation to a given continuous function (1925) (1)
- Definite Integrals and Riemann Sums (1939) (1)
- On the Classification of Collineations in the Plane (1933) (1)
- A Simple Proof of a Formula of Tchebycheff (1933) (1)
- On Some Applications of the Tchebysheff Inequality for Definite Integrals (1942) (0)
- Problems for Solution: 3272-3279 (1927) (0)
- Remes on Approximation (1938) (0)
- A simple method for normalizing Tchebycheff polynomials and evaluating the elements of the allied continued fractions (0)
- Various modifications of the moment problem (1943) (0)
- On the polynomial and trigonometric approximation of measurable bounded functions on a finite interval (1930) (0)
- Dunham Jackson on Approximation (1931) (0)
- A correction: “Laguerre polynomials and the Laplace transform,” vol. 6 (1940), pp. 615–626 (1941) (0)
- On the Asymptotic Expressions of Certain Definite Integrals (1925) (0)
- Szegö on Jacobi Polynomials (1935) (0)
- A Correction: On a Certain Transformation of Infinite Series (1933) (0)
- The theory of closure of Tchebycheff polynomials for an infinite interval (1924) (0)
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