How to determine Tchebysheff polynomial general expression

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Tchebysheff polynomials can be expressed using trigonometric functions and polynomial forms. The general expression for Tchebysheff polynomials of the first kind, T_m(x), is defined as T_m(x) = cos(m arccos(x)) for -1 ≤ x ≤ 1 and can be derived from the polynomial form T_m(x) = ∑_{n=0}^{m/2} (-1)^{m/2 - n} (m/2)/(m/2 + n) (m/2 + n choose 2n) (2x)^{2n}. The transition from the polynomial representation to the trigonometric representation can be achieved using Euler's formula, which relates trigonometric functions to exponential functions.

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Hello!
Tchebysheff polynomials are often defined with trigonometric functions:

[itex]T_m (x) = <br /> \begin{cases} \cos(m \arccos (x)) & -1 \le x \le 1\\<br /> \mathrm{cosh} (m \mathrm{arccosh} (x)) & x > 1\\(-1)^m \mathrm{cosh} (m \mathrm{arccosh} |x|) & x < 1<br /> \end{cases}[/itex]

But they are also polynomials, and for m even their definition could be

[itex] T_m (x) = \sum_{n = 0}^{m/2} (-1)^{m/2 - n} \frac{m/2}{m/2 + n} \binom{m/2 + n}{2n}(2x)^{2n}[/itex]

How could one derive the first expression from the latter? That is, how could we pass from a polynomial with powers of x to a [itex]\cos (m \arccos (x))[/itex] function?
I searched several times in the web for this demonstration, but I never found it. If you can suggest a link or a book instead of the demonstration itself I thank you so much anyway!
Bye :)

Emily
 
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cos(my) can be written as a polynomial in cos(y) of degree m. If y = arccos(x), then cos(my) is a polynomial in cos(arccos(x)) = x.

As a simple example the double angle formula, cos(2y) = cos2(y) - sin2(y) = 2cos2(y) - 1.

Triple angle, quartic angle etc. formulas exist as well. I think the easiest way is to use Euler's formula:

[tex]cos(my) + i sin(my) = e^{imy} = \left(e^{iy}\right)^n = \left( cos(y) + i sin(y) \right)^{m}[/tex]
Expanding the right hand side gives cos(my) and sin(my) as polynomials in cos(y) and sin(y) (from which you can write it in terms of only cosine or sine)
 
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