Waleed Al-Salam

Waleed Al-Salam (born 15 July 1926 in Baghdad, Iraq - died 14 April 1996 in Edmonton, Canada) was a mathematician who introduced Al-Salam–Chihara polynomials, Al-Salam–Carlitz polynomials, q-Konhauser polynomials, and Al-Salam–Ismail polynomials.

References

• Chihara, Theodore Seio; Ismail, Mourad E. H. (1998), "In memoriam: Waleed Al-Salam (July 15, 1926–April 13, 1996)", Journal of Approximation Theory 95 (2): 153–160, doi:10.1006/jath.1998.3301, ISSN 0021-9045, MR1652868 
• Ismail, Mourad E. H. (1999), "Waleed Al-Salam, 1926–1996", in Diejen, Jan Felipe van; Vinet, Luc, Algebraic methods and q-special functions. Proceedings of the workshop dedicated to the memory of Waleed Al-Salam held at the Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, May 21–26, 1996, CRM Proc. Lecture Notes, 22, Providence, R.I.: American Mathematical Society, pp. ix–xi, ISBN 978-0-8218-2026-1, MR1726825, http://books.google.com/books?id=pZnIt3JwrmoC 

External links

• Waleed Al-Salam 1926-1996