Kravchuk polynomials

Kravchuk polynomials or Krawtchouk polynomials (also written using several other transliterations of the Ukrainian surname Кравчу́к) are discrete orthogonal polynomials associated with the binomial distribution, introduced by Mykhailo Kravchuk (1929). The first few polynomials are (for q = 2):

𝒦0(x;n)=1,
𝒦1(x;n)=−2x+n,
𝒦2(x;n)=2x2−2nx+(n2),
𝒦3(x;n)=−43x3+2nx2−(n2−n+23)x+(n3).

The Kravchuk polynomials are a special case of the Meixner polynomials of the first kind.

## Contents

* 1 Definition
* 2 Properties
* 2.1 Symmetry relations
* 2.2 Orthogonality relations
* 2.3 Generating function
* 2.4 Three term recurrence
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Definition

For any prime power q and positive integer n, define the Kravchuk polynomial 𝒦k(x;n,q)=𝒦k(x)=∑j=0k(−1)j(q−1)k−j(xj)(n−xk−j)=∑j=0k(−1)j(q−1)k−jxj_j!(n−x)k−j_(k−j)! for k=0,1,…,n. In the second line, the factors depending on x have been rewritten in terms of falling factorials, to aid readers uncomfortable with non-integer arguments of binomial coefficients.

## Properties

The Kravchuk polynomial has the following alternative expressions:

𝒦k(x;n,q)=∑j=0k(−q)j(q−1)k−j(n−jk−j)(xj).
𝒦k(x;n,q)=∑j=0k(−1)jqk−j(n−k+jj)(n−xk−j).

Note that there is more that merely recombination of material from the two binomial coefficients separating these from the above definition. In these formulae, only one term of the sum has degree k, whereas in the definition all terms have degree k.

### Symmetry relations

For integers i,k≥0, we have that

(q−1)i(ni)𝒦k(i;n,q)=(q−1)k(nk)𝒦i(k;n,q).

### Orthogonality relations

For non-negative integers r, s,

∑i=0n(ni)(q−1)i𝒦r(i;n,q)𝒦s(i;n,q)=qn(q−1)r(nr)δr,s.

### Generating function

The generating series of Kravchuk polynomials is given as below. Here z is a formal variable.

(1+(q−1)z)n−x(1−z)x=∑k=0∞𝒦k(x;n,q)zk.

### Three term recurrence

The Kravchuk polynomials satisfy the three-term recurrence relation

x𝒦k(x;n,q)=−q(n−k)𝒦k+1(x;n,q)+(q(n−k)+k(1−q))𝒦k(x;n,q)−k(1−q)𝒦k−1(x;n,q).

## See also

* Krawtchouk matrix
* Hermite polynomials

## References

* Kravchuk, M. (1929), "Sur une généralisation des polynomes d'Hermite." (in French), Comptes Rendus Mathématique 189: 620–622, http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k3142j.pleinepage.f620.langEN
* Koornwinder, Tom H.; Wong, Roderick S. C.; Koekoek, Roelof; Swarttouw, René F. (2010), "Hahn Class: Definitions", in Olver, Frank W. J.; Lozier, Daniel M.; Boisvert, Ronald F. et al., NIST Handbook of Mathematical Functions, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-19225-5, http://dlmf.nist.gov/18.19
* Nikiforov, A. F.; Suslov, S. K.; Uvarov, V. B. (1991), Classical Orthogonal Polynomials of a Discrete Variable, Springer Series in Computational Physics, Berlin: Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3-540-51123-7 .
* "Krawtchouk polynomials and universal bounds for codes and designs in Hamming spaces", IEEE Transactions on Information Theory 41 (5): 1303–1321, 1995, doi:10.1109/18.412678 .
* MacWilliams, F. J.; Sloane, N. J. A. (1977), The Theory of Error-Correcting Codes, North-Holland, ISBN 0-444-85193-3, https://archive.org/details/theoryoferrorcor0000macw

## External links

* Krawtchouk Polynomials Home Page
* "Krawtchouk polynomial" at MathWorld

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