James Arthur Wilson is a mathematician working on
special functions
Special functions are particular mathematical functions that have more or less established names and notations due to their importance in mathematical analysis, functional analysis, geometry, physics, or other applications.
The term is defined by ...
and
orthogonal polynomials
In mathematics, an orthogonal polynomial sequence is a family of polynomials such that any two different polynomials in the sequence are orthogonal
In mathematics, orthogonality (mathematics), orthogonality is the generalization of the geom ...
who introduced
Wilson polynomials,
Askey–Wilson polynomials and the
Askey–Wilson beta integral.
References
Home page of James A. Wilson*
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
21st-century American mathematicians
Place of birth missing (living people)
University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
Iowa State University faculty
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