English

Charting the $q$-Askey scheme

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2022-09-07 v2

Abstract

Following Verde-Star, Linear Algebra Appl. 627 (2021), we label families of orthogonal polynomials in the qq-Askey scheme together with their qq-hypergeometric representations by three sequences xk,hk,gkx_k, h_k, g_k of Laurent polynomials in qkq^k, two of degree 1 and one of degree 2, satisfying certain constraints. This gives rise to a precise classification and parametrization of these families together with their limit transitions. This is displayed in a graphical scheme. We also describe the four-manifold structure underlying the scheme.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2108.03858,
  title  = {Charting the $q$-Askey scheme},
  author = {Tom H. Koornwinder},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.03858},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

17 pages, one figure; in v2 minor corrections, one remark and three references added; to appear in "Proceedings of the Conference on Hypergeometry, Integrability and Lie Theory", Contemporary Mathematics

R2 v1 2026-06-24T04:56:20.150Z