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appelberry
Jun8-10, 05:37 PM
Does anyone know how to prove the following identity:

\Sigma_{k=0}^{n}\left(\stackrel{n}{k}\right) H_{k}(x)H_{n-k}(y)=2^{n/2}H_{n}(2^{-1/2}(x+y))

where H_{i}(z)represents the Hermite polynomial?

JSuarez
Jun9-10, 02:41 PM
I would try induction on n.