Biometrika 1971 58(1):219-222; doi:10.1093/biomet/58.1.219
© 1971 by Biometrika Trust
An identity in Hermite polynomials
MARY C. PHIPPS
University of Glasgow
An extension of the Runge (1914) identity in Hermite polynomials is derived, and a test of the assumption of bivariate normality is developed using the identity.
Key Words: Orthogonal polynomials Hermite polynomials Runge's identity Bivariate normality Goodness of fit of bivariate distributions

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