The algebra of difference operators associated to a family of orthogonal polynomials (Q420760): Difference between revisions

The paper belongs to the field of the theory of matrix valued orthogonal polynomials as associated to difference operators, i.e., satisfying some difference equations. Starting from a given weight matrix \(W\) and a sequence \(\{P_n\}_n\) of orthogonal with respect \(W\) matrix polynomials, the author introduces the algebra \(D(W)\) of the difference operators of the form \[ D = \sum_s^r s_iF_i \] satisfying \[ D(P_n) = \Gamma_nP_n\;,\;n\geq 0\;,\;s\leq 0\leq r\;,\;\Gamma_n\in C^{n\times n}, \] where \(s_i\) are shift operators defined by \(s_i(f)=f(x+i)\). The coefficients \(F_i\) are matrix polynomials of degree \(\leq r-s\) such that \[ dgr(\sum_s^ri^kF_i)\leq k\;,\;k=0,1,\dots,r-s \]