[livluvlaf729]

Perhaps there is another explanation for “Ismail Ax” —

M. E. H. Ismail, The zeros of basic Bessel functions the functions J+ax (x) and the associated orthogonal polynomials, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 86 (1982), 1-19.

[duckman]

“M. E. H. Ismail, The zeros of basic Bessel functions the functions J+ax (x) and the associated orthogonal polynomials, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 86 (1982), 1-19.”
This was my first thought. / sarc

[Interesting Times]

M. E. H. Ismail, The zeros of basic Bessel functions the functions J+ax (x) and the associated orthogonal polynomials, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 86 (1982), 1-19.

Not something you'd really expect an English major to identify with, however demented he might be.

I think the "Ismail Ax" is some sort of gamer tag or reference.

[Law is not justice but process]

“M. E. H. Ismail, The zeros of basic Bessel functions the functions J+ax (x) and the associated orthogonal polynomials, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 86 (1982), 1-19.”

If there is one thing I know about English majors, it is that they would not get within a country mile of the “basic Bessel functions” or anything else that has so much as a whiff of mathematics around it.

[NittanyLion]

M. E. H. Ismail, The zeros of basic Bessel functions the functions J+ax (x) and the associated orthogonal polynomials, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 86 (1982), 1-19.

I know that's the first thought that came to my mind... < /sarcasm >