Explicit matrix inverses for lower triangular matrices with entries involving Jacobi polynomials (Q2339497)

For arbitrary complex numbers \(\alpha\) and \(\beta\) let the classical Jacobi polynomials be defined by \[ P_n^{(\alpha,\beta)}(x)=\sum_{k=0}^{n} \frac{(n+\alpha+\beta+1)_k(\alpha+k+1)_{n-k}}{k!(n-k)!}\left(\frac{x-1}2\right)^k, \] where \((\alpha)_n\) denotes the Pochhammer symbol. The authors prove (Theorem 4.1) that for two lower triangular infinite matrices \(L=L^{(\alpha,\beta)}\) and \(M=M^{(\alpha,\beta)}\) with entries \[ \begin{aligned} L_{m,n}^{(\alpha,\beta)}&=P_{m-n}^{(\alpha+n,\beta+n)}(x), \\ M_{m,n}^{(\alpha,\beta)}&=\frac{m+\beta}{n+\alpha}P_{m-n}^{(-\alpha-m,-\beta-m)}(x)+\frac{\alpha-\beta}{n+\alpha}P_{m-n}^{(-\alpha-m,-\beta-m-1)}(x), \end{aligned} \] (\(m\geq n\)) the equalities \(ML=I=LM\) hold. The authors also show that the formula \[ \left(\frac{x-y}{2}\right)^n=\sum_{k=0}^{n} \frac{\alpha+\beta+2k+1}{\alpha+\beta+k+1}\frac{n!}{(\alpha+\beta+k+2)_n}P_{n-k}^{(-\alpha-n-1,-\beta-n-1)}(x)P_k^{(\alpha,\beta)}(x), \] obtained in [\textit{J. Koekoek} and \textit{R. Koekoek}, Complex Variables, Theory Appl. 39, No. 1, 1--18 (1999; Zbl 0989.33009)] is ``a limit case of a pair of connection relations between Askey-Wilson polynomials having one of their four parameters in common.''