Spherical Orthogonal Polynomials and Symbolic-Numeric Gaussian Cubature Formulas

Abstract

It is well-known that the classical univariate orthogonal polynomials give rise to highly efficient Gaussian quadrature rules. We show how the classical orthogonal polynomials can be generalized to a multivariate setting and how this generalization leads to Gaussian cubature rules for specific families of multivariate polynomials.