1. Introduction
Due to their unique properties and diverse applications, orthogonal polynomials are essential in pure and applied mathematics. These polynomials have imperative properties, including generating functions, recurrence relations, and differential equations (DEs). The Jacobi, Hermite, and Laguerre polynomials are examples of classical families of orthogonal polynomials. These polynomials are important in approximation theory because they are the building blocks of Fourier-like expansions of functions. These expansions make it possible to use fast numerical methods for function interpolation and spectral approximations. Some uses of orthogonal polynomials may be found in [
1,
2,
3,
4].
Investigating the sequences of polynomials is an important topic that has caught the attention of many authors due to their wide applications in several disciplines. We can categorize the sequences of polynomials into orthogonal polynomials and nonorthogonal ones. Each of the two categories has been investigated from both theoretical and practical points of view. Regarding the nonorthogonal polynomials, for example, the authors of [
5] developed novel formulas regarding some Jacobsthal-type polynomials. In [
6], some formulas of generalized Apostol-type polynomials were developed. Vieta Fibonacci polynomials were utilized in [
7] to solve generalized Caputo fractal-fractional DEs. In [
8], some explicit formulas for certain multi-poly-Bernoulli polynomials were developed. Vieta–Lucas polynomials were used in [
9] to solve systems of some fractional DEs. Convolved Fermat polynomials were used in [
10] to treat other fractional differential equations (FDEs). The authors of [
11,
12,
13] investigated many polynomial sequences and introduced some applications. Some other contributions can be found in [
14,
15].
Many generalizations of classical orthogonal polynomials have been employed to solve differential equations. For example, some orthogonal combinations of Chebyshev polynomials were introduced in [
16] and utilized for numerically treating the fractional Rayleigh–Stokes problem. The orthogonal Gegenbauer polynomials were employed in [
17] to treat the time-fractional Black–Scholes model. New kinds of Chebyshev polynomials were introduced and used to solve some FDEs in [
18,
19].
The Jacobi polynomials (JPs) family is one of the most important families of classical orthogonal polynomials. These polynomials involve two parameters, so they generalize many well-known orthogonal sequences, such as Chebyshev and Legendre polynomials. A Sturm–Liouville-type second-order linear differential equation is satisfied by the JPs. The symmetric Jcobi polynomials are the Jacobi polynomials with identical parameters, while the non-symmetric Jacobi polynomials are polynomials with non-equal parameters. Of the most essential non-symmetric polynomials, the airfoil polynomials, also called Chebyshev polynomials of the third and fourth kinds, are the most important. These polynomials are useful when singularities occur at one endpoint, not at the other [
20]. Due to the non-similarity of the parameters in the case of non-symmetric polynomials, the derivations of their formulas are more difficult than those of symmetric polynomials. The authors of [
21] developed new formulas of certain non-symmetric Jacobi polynomials that generalize the third kind of Chebyshev polynomials and employed them to solve some even-order BVPs that arise in many applied sciences. In addition, both symmetric and non-symmetric polynomials are helpful for several Gaussian quadrature rules, such as Jacobi–Gauss and Jacobi–Lobatto, which are commonly employed for high-accuracy numerical integration; see [
22]. Many contributions employ the JPs and their particular sequences to treat several DEs. For instance, the authors of [
23] used the JPs for numerically solving some stochastic FDEs. In addition, the authors of [
24] treated the Bloch equation based on the Jacobi operational matrix method. In [
25], a review was performed regarding the employment of JPs to solve some partial DEs. Specific operational matrices of integrals of the shifted JPs were introduced and utilized in [
26] to treat some fractional DEs. Some other integral equations were treated in [
27] using specific operational matrices of the shifted JPs. A non-polynomial B-spline method introduced in [
28] to handle the time-fractional nonlinear coupled Burgers’ equations using the shifted Jacobi spectral collocation method.
Regarding mathematical analysis and its practical applications, hypergeometric functions and their generalized versions are indispensable. One can express nearly all significant functions and celebrated polynomials in terms of them. These functions appear in many crucial problems related to special functions. For example, the explicit formulas for the integer derivatives of certain JPs were developed and used in [
21].
Connection and linearization formulas are fundamental in the scope of special functions and their applications. Connection formulas allow the expression of a given family of polynomials as combinations of other polynomials. Thus, these formulas enable the transformation between different bases. On the other hand, the linearization formulas involve expanding the product of two or more special functions as a linear combination of other functions. These formulas are especially valuable in solving nonlinear problems and developing numerical schemes. There were many contributions devoted to investigating these formulas. For linearization formulas of some orthogonal polynomials, one can refer to [
29,
30,
31]. Other contributions can be found in [
32,
33,
34,
35].
Spectral methods are numerical methods using orthogonal polynomials and special functions to treat several types of DEs. They have many advantages compared to some other numerical techniques; see, for example, [
36,
37,
38]. Spectral methods involve three main versions that were used extensively to solve many DEs. The collocation method is the most commonly used method among these methods. It was used in many contributions. The authors of [
39] proposed collocation methods to deal with some important models that appear in different scientific and engineering models. The authors of [
40] followed a comprehensive survey focusing on polynomial matrix collocation methods. The Haar wavelet-based collocation method was employed in [
41] to obtain accurate numerical solutions to Fisher’s reaction–diffusion equation. A collocation procedure was followed in [
42] to treat multi-dimensional nonlinear time-fractional Schrödinger equations. In [
43], the quintic B-spline collocation method was used to treat KdV-type equations. In [
44], the authors proposed a fast spectral collocation method and utilized Legendre and Romanovski polynomials to handle some fractional DEs with Riesz derivatives. In [
45], the authors showed how fractional B-spline collocation can solve fractional pantograph-type problems. The authors of [
46] used a meshless collocation method to treat third-kind Volterra integro-DEs. The authors of [
47] followed a collocation approach to deal with specific nonlinear parabolic PDEs. Lastly, the authors of [
48] used the Bernstein polynomial-based collocation method to find numerical solutions to systems of Emden–Fowler-type equations.
The main aim of the current article is to establish some new formulas concerned with certain JPs that can be applied in numerical analysis. More precisely, we will deal with normalized JPs that correspond to the following two choices of the parameters:
- (i)
.
- (ii)
.
Many new formulas for the polynomials will be established, while we will give an account of the derivation of formulas of the polynomials .
The main aims of the current paper can be summarized in the following points:
Introducing some new fundamental formulas of the polynomials that will be pivotal to developing further formulas of these polynomials.
Developing new derivatives of the moments of the polynomials .
Introducing some linearization formulas involving the polynomials .
Presenting a repeated integral formula for .
Introducing some other derivative expressions for different polynomials as combinations of the polynomials .
Presenting some fundamental formulas of the polynomials .
Presenting an application to solve the FitzHugh–Nagumo equation using the collocation method.
The remainder of the paper is organized as follows. The next section displays an overview of the JPs and some of their particular classes. Some new essential formulas of the polynomials
are given in
Section 3.
Section 4 is devoted to developing the derivatives of the moments of these classes of polynomials and introducing some basic expressions as special cases. Some new linearization formulas are found in
Section 5. A new expression for the repeated integrals is presented in
Section 6. Some other derivative expressions are presented in
Section 7. Some essential formulas for another class of JPs are given in
Section 8.
Section 9 presents an application in numerical analysis. Finally, some conclusions are reported in
Section 10.