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We study the combinatorics of a continued fraction formula due to Wall. We also derive the orthogonality of little q-Jacobi polynomials from this formula, as Wall did for little q-Laguerre polynomials.
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Kim, D., Zeng, J. On a Continued Fraction Formula of Wall. The Ramanujan Journal 4, 421–427 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009820100483
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