Fourth-order difference equation for the associated classical discrete orthogonal polynomials

Difference equations for discrete classical multiple orthogonal polynomials

For discrete multiple orthogonal polynomials such as the multiple Charlier polynomials, the multiple Meixner polynomials, and the multiple Hahn polynomials, we first find a lowering operator and then give a (r + 1)th order difference equation by combining the lowering operator with the raising operator. As a corollary, explicit third order difference equations for discrete multiple orthogonal p...

On Fourth-order Difference Equations for Orthogonal Polynomials of a Discrete Variable: Derivation, Factorization and Solutions

We derive and factorize the fourth-order difference equations satisfied by orthogonal polynomials obtained from some modifications of the recurrence coefficients of classical discrete orthogonal polynomials such as: the associated, the general co-recursive, co-recursive associated, co-dilated and the general co-modified classical orthogonal polynomials. Moreover, we find four linearly independe...

The Fourth-order Difference Equation Satisfied by the Associated Orthogonal Polynomials of the Delta-Laguerre-Hahn Class

Starting from the D!-Riccati Diierence equation satissed by the Stieltjes function of a linear functional, we work out an algorithm which enables us to write the general fourth-order diierence equation satissed by the associated of any integer order of orthogonal polynomials of the-Laguerre-Hahn class. Moreover, in classical situations (Meixner, Charlier, Krawtchouk and Hahn), we give these dii...

Differential and Difference Equations for Products of Classical Orthogonal Polynomials

Extensions of discrete classical orthogonal polynomials beyond the orthogonality

It is well known that the family of Hahn polynomials {hα,β n (x;N)}n≥0 is orthogonal with respect to a certain weight function up to N . In this paper we present a factorization for Hahn polynomials for a degree higher than N and we prove that these polynomials can be characterized by a ∆-Sobolev orthogonality. We also present an analogous result for dual-Hahn, Krawtchouk, and Racah polynomials...