Associated polynomials, spectral matrices and the bispectral problem (Q1582294)

The paper deals with the extension of Bochner's problem of characterizing orthogonal polynomials satisfying a second-order differential equation to doubly infinite tridiagonal matrices. An explicit expression for the spectral matrix measure corresponding to the associated doubly infinite tridiagonal matrix in the Jacobi case is obtained. It is shown that, in an appropriate basis of ``bispectral'' functions, the spectral matrix can be put in a nicc diagonal form, restoring the simplicity of the familiar orthogonality relations satisfied by the Jacobi polynomials.