Generating function of the physicists' Hermite polynomials

ID: generating-function-of-the-physicists-hermite-polynomials

For the Hermite polynomials in the Rodrigues normalization , differentiating gives with . Induction gives
Insert this into the exponential generating series and reindex . The result factors into times , proving the displayed identity. Equivalently Taylor expansion of in gives the same formula. This generating function keeps the normalization distinct from the Probabilists' Hermite polynomial convention.

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