Let you have a polynomial f[x_] := 1 - x + 2 x^2 - 5 x^4 n = 5; (* Polynomial order + 1 *) Now you have to solve a system of linear equations a = Transpose@PadRight@Table[CoefficientList[ChebyshevT[k - 1, x], x], {k, n}]; c = LinearSolve[a, CoefficientList[f[x], x]] (* {1/8, -1, -3/2, 0, -5/8} *) Sum[c[[k]] ChebyshevT[k - 1, x], {k, n}] // Expand (* 1 - x + 2 x^2 - 5 x^4 *) If the numerical values of coefficients are enough you can apply extremly fast method with Fourier transform since $$ T_n(x) = \cos(n \arccos x) $$ c = 2 MapAt[#/2 &, #, 1]/Sqrt[n] &@FourierDCT@f@Cos[π Range[.5, n]/n] (* {0.125, -1., -1.5, -9.93014*10^-17, -0.625} *) Sum[c[[k]] ChebyshevT[k - 1, x], {k, n}] // Expand // Chop (* 1. - 1. x + 2. x^2 - 5. x^4 *) P.S. The last method can be used for Chebyshev expansion of arbitrary function (there is a problem of Gibbs oscillations, but it is another story).