TY - JOUR ID - Mesquita2012 LB - Mesquita2012 AU - Mesquita, Teresa A. AU - Da Rocha, Z. TI - Symbolic approach to the general cubic decomposition of polynomial sequences. Results for several orthogonal and symmetric cases ST - Symbolic approach to the general cubic decomposition of polynomial sequences. Results for several orthogonal and symmetric cases JO - Opuscula Math. JA - Opuscula Math. JF - Opuscula Mathematica PY - 2012 VL - 32 IS - 4 SP - 675 EP - 687 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2012.32.4.675 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2012.32.4.675 AB - We deal with a symbolic approach to the cubic decomposition (CD) of polynomial sequences - presented in a previous article referenced herein - which allows us to compute explicitly the first elements of the nine component sequences of a CD. Properties are investigated and several experimental results are discussed, related to the CD of some widely known orthogonal sequences. Results concerning the symmetric character of the component sequences are established. KW - symmetric polynomials KW - orthogonal polynomials KW - cubic decomposition KW - symbolic computations KW - Mathematica 8.0.1.0 SN - 1232-9274 ER -