Discriminants and functional equations for polynomials orthogonal on the unit circle (Q5939938)

The authors derive raising and lowering operators for orthogonal polynomials on the unit circle, and find second order differential and \(q\)-difference equation for these polynomials. A general functional equation is found which allows them to relate the zeros of the orthogonal polynomials to the stationary values of an explicit quasi-energy and implies recurrences on the orthogonal polynomial coefficients. Finally the authors evaluate the discriminants and quantized discriminants of polynomials orthogonal on the unit circle.