Derivative orthogonality when the Sturm-Liouville potential vanishes

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For the Sturm-Liouville problem , assume that the boundary term vanishes. One integration by parts gives the displayed identity. Distinct eigenvalues make the right side zero by orthogonality of Sturm-Liouville eigenfunctions, so the derivatives are orthogonal with weight , while the original functions are orthogonal with weight . This conclusion uses the absence of the term: for a general potential the extra integral need not vanish. For the Chebyshev polynomial of the second kind of degree , the two weights are and .

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