On Generalized Chebyshev polynomials

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce and study a novel family of generalized Chebyshev polynomials defined via a rational generating function. We demonstrate that the classical Chebyshev polynomials of the first, second, third, and fourth kinds naturally emerge as special cases of this framework. Furthermore, we derive comprehensive recurrence relations, tridiagonal determinant representations, and explicit closed-form expressions for these polynomials. We also establish some connections between the generalized Chebyshev polynomials and other classical sequences, including Morgan-Voyce polynomials, Fibonacci polynomials, and Fubini polynomials via Stirling numbers of the second kind. Finally, we examine the associated Euler-Seidel matrix and provide a continued fraction expansion for the quotient of consecutive polynomial terms.