generating function of Hermite polynomials
We start from the definition of Hermite polynomials via their http://planetmath.org/node/11983Rodrigues formula
(1) |
The consequence
(2) |
of http://planetmath.org/node/1150Cauchy integral formula allows to write (1) as the complex integral
where is any contour around the point and the direction is anticlockwise. The http://planetmath.org/node/11373substitution here yields
where the contour goes round the origin. Accordingly, by (2) we can infer that
whence we have found the generating function
of the Hermite polynomials.