The one-dimensional harmonic oscillator

[eys_physics]

Dealing with the one-dimensional harmonic oscillator I'm trying to find a general formula for

\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \xi^p H_n(\xi) H_k(\xi) d\xi

there H_n(\xi) and H_k(\xi) are hermite polynomials and p is an integer ( p\geq 0).
I can found the answer for p=0 and p=1 but I can't find the formula for a general p so I need some hint how to do it.

[dextercioby]

Dealing with the one-dimensional harmonic oscillator I'm trying to find a general formula for

\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \xi^p H_n(\xi) H_k(\xi) d\xi

there H_n(\xi) and H_k(\xi) are hermite polynomials and p is an integer ( p\geq 0).
I can found the answer for p=0 and p=1 but I can't find the formula for a general p so I need some hint how to do it.


I can't give you any hint,just the result:
http://functions.wolfram.com/PDF/HermiteH.pdf (http://functions.wolfram.com)

[dextercioby]

I think it's much more that in Abramowitz-Stegun.

[eys_physics]

Hey
Can you tell me that you mean with Aramowitz-Stegun?

[dextercioby]

Hey
Can you tell me that you mean with Aramowitz-Stegun?

It's "Milton Abramowitz and Irene A.Segun:<<Handbook of Mathematical Functions>>,Dover Publications Inc.,NewYork".Any edition.Famous book among physicists.
A better book for the integrals part is obviously:
"I.S.Gradshteyn/I.M.Ryzhik:<<Table of Integrals,Series and Products>>,Corrected and Enlarged Edition,Academic Press Inc.,1980".Also famous.

But it's much easier with the "functions.wolfram.com" website.
I think it's free...

[tavi_boada]

Hey, I doubt that is the integral you wish to calculate for in dealing with the oscilator in QM you always have a gaussian in there as the weighing function. Anyway, try integrating by parts...