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2 unusual facts about Hermite polynomials


Mehler kernel

It can be written as an infinite series involving the one dimensional probability densities and Hermite polynomials of x and y (see the link to Slepian).

Optical cavity

Accurate description of such a beam involves expansion over some complete, orthogonal set of functions (over two-dimensions) such as Hermite polynomials or the Ince polynomials.



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