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In mathematics, the secondary polynomials associated with a sequence of polynomialsorthogonal with respect to a density are defined by
To see that the functions are indeed polynomials, consider the simple example of Then,
which is a polynomial provided that the three integrals in (the moments of the density ) are convergent.