Formal vector orthogonal polynomials (Q1127005)

Vector orthogonal polynomials are usually studied in connection with vector Padé approximation. \textit{D. E. Roberts} [Proc. R. Soc. Lond., Ser. A 431, No. 1882, 285-300 (1990; Zbl 0745.41017); Numer. Algorithms 3, No. 1-4, 371-381 (1992; Zbl 0782.41022)] has used Clifford algebra techniques to study these approximants. In this paper a similar, yet different approach based on Clifford algebra and Clifford group techniques is used to generalize several classical results for scalar formal orthogonal polynomials: necessary and sufficient conditions for existence, three-term recurrence relation, explicit determinant expression, and qd-algorithm. The vector valued Padé aspect of this approach will be published in a separate paper.