My Warm, Randomly Recorded, Recollections of Professor Richard Askey

2026/05/18 by Sergei K. Suslov · 1 voice · 1 citation
Mathematics · #math.HO

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Abstract

These are my memories of moments with Dick and Liz Askey in Russia, Wisconsin, Arizona, and abroad. Dedicated to the Askey family, these recollections span over 40 years and encompass many dramatic changes in the world. Due to this, it is challenging to entirely separate my personal thoughts and feelings from the factual historical account.

Citations

• The Minimum-Uncertainty Squeezed States for for Atoms and Photons in a Cavity
• GG-functions and their relations to A-hypergeometric functions
• On a general q-Fourier transformation with nonsymmetric kernels
• The q-harmonic oscillator and the Al-Salam and Carlitz polynomials
• The q-harmonic oscillator and an analog of the Charlier polynomials

Cited by

• Dick and Liz Askey's visit to U.S.S.R. in 1987, and how the discrete Askey scheme also originated in Russia

Discussions

• Sergei K. Suslov: My Warm, Randomly Recorded, Recollections of Professor Richard Askey https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.19085 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.19085 https://arxiv.org/html/2605.19085 [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]

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