Abstract :
The Butterworth polynomials, which satisfy amplitude conditions only at the origin, and the Bessel polynomials, which satisfy phase conditions only, are shown to be the extreme cases of a more general class of polynomials, which can be listed in a two-dimensional array, and which satisfy both amplitude and phase conditions. These polynomials are listed up to the seventh order, and a few general formulas are given which permit us to calculate these polynomials along certain lines of the two-dimensional array for any given order.