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Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 46, Nos. 1–2, pp. 76–86, January–February, 1994.

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Osilenker, B.P. M. G. Krein's ideas in the theory of orthogonal polynomials. Ukr Math J 46, 75–86 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01057002

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