On differential equations for orthogonal polynomials (Q1293931)

In this paper four linear independent solutions of the fourth-order differential equation satisfied by the associated Jacobi polynomials are given. Here the authors show that the coefficients in the lowering operator for general orthogonal polynomials satisfy inhomogeneous four-term recurrence relations and derive further properties for them. In addition they show that the associated polynomials \(\{p_n^{(c)}(x)\}\) for positive integer \(c\) satisfy a fourth-order linear differential equation and identify a basis of solutions of the differential equation. Similar results for co-recursive polynomials are also established.