The symmetric semi-classical orthogonal polynomials of class two and some of their extensions (Q1988542)

In this paper the authors consider the family of Laguerre-Hahn-type orthogonal polynomials that is, the sequences of orthogonal polynomials whose Stieltjes function satisfies a Riccati-type differential equation with polynomial coefficients, \[ A S'=B S^2+ C S+ D, \] with \[ \max\{\deg{(C)}-1,\max\{\deg{(A)},\deg{(B)}\}-2\}=2. \] They deduce difference equations for the recurrence coefficients as well as for other relevant coefficients of the orthogonal polynomials related to the above Riccati equation. Furthermore, some of these recurrences are identified with discrete Painlevé equations.