Orthogonal polynomials with ultra-exponential weight functions: an explicit solution to the Ditkin-Prudnikov problem (Q2658522)

In this paper, the author introduces and studies sequences of orthogonal polynomials with respect to the weight functions \(x^{\alpha}\rho_\nu(x)\), where \(\rho_\nu(x)=2x^{\nu/2}K_\nu(2\sqrt{x})\), \(x>0\), \(\nu\geq 0,\) \(\alpha>-1\) and \(K_\nu(z)\) is the modified Bessel function of the second kind. In particular, the author gives an explicit solution of the Ditkin-Prudnikov problem. Furthermore, the explicit expressions of these sequences, the Rodrigues-type formulas, the 3-term recurrence relations and generating functions associated with these orthogonal polynomials are obtained.