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The Dω—classical orthogonal polynomials

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This is an expository paper; it aims to give an essentially self-contained overview of discrete classical polynomials from their characterizations by Hahn’s property and a Rodrigues’ formula which allows us to construct it. The integral representations of corresponding forms are given.

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Abdelkarim, F., Maroni, P. The Dω—classical orthogonal polynomials. Results. Math. 32, 1–28 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03322520

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