Abstract
One looks for [formal] orthogonal polynomials satisfying interesting differential or difference relations and equations (Laguerre-Hahn theory). The divided difference operator used here is essentially the Askey-Wilson operator
where y1(x) and y2(x) are the two roots of Ay2+2Bxy+Cx2++2Dy+2Ex+f=0.
The related Laguerre-Hahn orthogonal polynomials are then introduced as the denominators Po,P1,… of the successive approximants Qn/Pn of the Gauss-Heine-like continued fraction f(x)=1/(x−ro−s1/(x−r1−s2/…)) satisfying the Riccati equation a(x)Df(x)=b(x)E1f(x)E2f(x)+c(x)Mf(x)+d(x) where a,b,c,d are polynomials and Mf(x)=(E1f(x)+E2f(x))/2.
In the classical case (degrees a,b,c,d≤2,0,1,0), closed-forms for the recurrence coefficients rn and sn are obtained and show that we are dealing essentially with the associated Askey-Wilson polynomials.
One finds for Pn difference relations (an+a)DPn=(cn-c)MPn++2sndnMPn−1−2bMQn and a writing in terms of solutions of linear second order difference equations Pn=(XnY−1−YnX−1)/(XoY−1−YoX−1).
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Maqnus, A.P. (1988). Associated Askey-Wilson polynomials as Laguerre-Hahn orthogonal polynomials. In: Alfaro, M., Dehesa, J.S., Marcellan, F.J., Rubio de Francia, J.L., Vinuesa, J. (eds) Orthogonal Polynomials and their Applications. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1329. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0083366
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