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Umbral "classical" polynomials

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2014-03-25 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We study the umbral "classical" orthogonal polynomials with respect to a generalized derivative operator D\cal D which acts on monomials as Dxn=μnxn1{\cal D} x^n = \mu_n x^{n-1} with some coefficients μn\mu_n. Let Pn(x)P_n(x) be a set of orthogonal polynomials. Define the new polynomials Qn(x)=μn+11DPn+1(x)Q_n(x) =\mu_{n+1}^{-1}{\cal D} P_{n+1}(x). We find necessary and sufficient conditions when the polynomials Qn(x)Q_n(x) will also be orthogonal. Apart from well known examples of the classical orthogonal polynomials we present a new example of umbral classical polynomials expressed in terms of elliptic functions.

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@article{arxiv.1403.4014,
  title  = {Umbral "classical" polynomials},
  author = {Alexei Zhedanov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.4014},
  year   = {2014}
}

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24 pages

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