Connection and linearization coefficients of the Askey-Wilson polynomials (Q1946968)

The authors use an algorithmic approach to derive in a more general setting than previously considered the connection and linearization coefficients \(C_{m}(n)\) and \(L_{r}(m,n)\) for the Askey-Wilson orthogonal polynomials, i.e., \[ p_{n}(x;a,b,c,d|q)=\sum_{m=0}^{n}C_{m}(n)p_{m}(x;\alpha,\beta,\gamma,\delta|q), \] \[ p_{n}(x;a_{1},b_{1},c_{1},d_{1}|q)p_{m}(x;a_{2},b_{2},c_{2},d_{2}|q)=\sum_{r=0}^{n+m}L_{r}(m,n)p_{r}(x;\alpha,\beta,\gamma,\delta|q), \] where the polynomials \(p_{n}(x;a,b,c,d|q)\) with \(x=x(s)=\cos\theta=\frac{q^{s}+q^{-s}}{2},q=e^{i\theta}\) are expressed through the \(q\)-hypergeometric function \(_{r}\phi_{s}\) and the Pochhammer symbol \((a_{1},a_{2},\dotsc,a_{k};q)_{n}\). Reviewers remark: It has to be noted that, through taking the appropriate limits and the use of a specialization process, one can obtain from the corresponding Askey-Wilson formulas the connection and linearization formulas for the orthogonal polynomials of the Askey and \(q\)-Askey scheme. The former formulas can be derived directly using the algorithm developed in the article.