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Dual -1 Hahn polynomials: "classical" polynomials beyond the Leonard duality

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2011-08-02 v1

Abstract

We introduce the -1 dual Hahn polynomials through an appropriate q1q \to -1 limit of the dual q-Hahn polynomials. These polynomials are orthogonal on a finite set of discrete points on the real axis, but in contrast to the classical orthogonal polynomials of the Askey scheme, the -1 dual Hahn polynomials do not exhibit the Leonard duality property. Instead, these polynomials satisfy a 4-th order difference eigenvalue equation and thus possess a bispectrality property. The corresponding generalized Leonard pair consists of two matrices A,BA,B each of size N+1×N+1N+1 \times N+1. In the eigenbasis where the matrix AA is diagonal, the matrix BB is 3-diagonal; but in the eigenbasis where the matrix BB is diagonal, the matrix AA is 5-diagonal.

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@article{arxiv.1108.0132,
  title  = {Dual -1 Hahn polynomials: "classical" polynomials beyond the Leonard duality},
  author = {Satoshi Tsujimoto and Luc Vinet and Alexei Zhedanov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1108.0132},
  year   = {2011}
}

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12 pages, 14 references

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