Some general theorems on generating functions and their applications (Q1102415)

Several general classes of generating functions are established for a sequence of functions \(\{S_ n^{(\alpha,\beta)}[x,...]\}^{\infty}_{n=0}\) introduced earlier by \textit{H. M. Srivastava} and \textit{R. Panda} [Boll. Un. Mat. Ital., IV. Ser. 12, 306-314 (1975; Zbl 0305.33012)]. By suitably specializing the various parameters involved, each of these main results can be applied to yield known as well as new generating functions for such familiar polynomials as Jacobi, Laguerre, Hermite, and Bessel polynomials, and also for numerous interesting generalizations of these polynomials studied in the literature.