Richard Askey
American mathematician (1933–2019) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Richard Allen Askey (June 4, 1933 – October 9, 2019)[1] was an American mathematician, known for his expertise in the area of special functions. The Askey–Wilson polynomials (introduced by him in 1984 together with James A. Wilson) are on the top level of the (-)Askey scheme, which organizes orthogonal polynomials of (-)hypergeometric type into a hierarchy. The Askey–Gasper inequality for Jacobi polynomials is essential in de Brange's famous proof of the Bieberbach conjecture.
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Richard Askey | |
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Born | Richard Allen Askey (1933-06-04)June 4, 1933 |
Died | October 9, 2019(2019-10-09) (aged 86) |
Resting place | Forest Hill Cemetery |
Alma mater | Washington University in St. Louis Harvard University Princeton University |
Known for | Askey–Wilson polynomials Askey–Gasper inequality |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of Chicago University of Wisconsin–Madison |
Doctoral advisor | Salomon Bochner |
Doctoral students | James A. Wilson |
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