Theodore Seio Chihara

Theodore Seio Chihara (March 14, 1929 – February 11, 2026) was an American mathematician working on orthogonal polynomials who introduced Al-Salam–Chihara polynomials, Brenke–Chihara polynomials, and Chihara–Ismail polynomials. His brother was composer Paul Chihara. He earned his PhD from Purdue University, where his thesis advisor was Arthur Rosenthal.[1] Chihara died on February 11, 2026, at the age of 96.[2]

Publications

  • Chihara, Theodore Seio (1978), An introduction to orthogonal polynomials, Mathematics and its Applications, vol. 13, New York: Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, ISBN 978-0-677-04150-6, MR 0481884, Reprinted by Dover 2011
  • Chihara, Theodore Seio (2001), "45 years of orthogonal polynomials: a view from the wings", Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Orthogonal Polynomials, Special Functions and their Applications (Patras, 1999), Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 133 (1): 13–21, doi:10.1016/S0377-0427(00)00632-4, ISSN 0377-0427, MR 1858267

References

  1. ^ "Theodore Seio Chihara". Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved February 16, 2026.
  2. ^ Theodore Seio Chihara Dignity Memorial

Sources

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