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A Bochner type classification theorem for exceptional orthogonal polynomials

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2017-02-07 v2

Abstract

It was recently conjectured that every system of exceptional orthogonal polynomials is related to classical orthogonal polynomials by a sequence of Darboux transformations. In this paper we prove this conjecture, which paves the road to a complete classification of all exceptional orthogonal polynomials. In some sense, this paper can be regarded as the extension of Bochner's result for classical orthogonal polynomials to the exceptional class. As a supplementary result, we derive a canonical form for exceptional operators based on a bilinear formalism, and prove that every exceptional operator has trivial monodromy at all primary poles.

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@article{arxiv.1603.04358,
  title  = {A Bochner type classification theorem for exceptional orthogonal polynomials},
  author = {M. Ángeles García-Ferrero and David Gómez-Ullate and Robert Milson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.04358},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

a number of minor mistakes have been corrected. some proofs have been streamlined and simplified

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