The algebra of difference operators associated to a family of orthogonal polynomials (Q420760)

The paper belongs to the field of the theory of matrix valued orthogonal polynomials as associated to difference operators, i.e., satisfying some difference equations. Starting from a given weight matrix \(W\) and a sequence \(\{P_n\}_n\) of orthogonal with respect \(W\) matrix polynomials, the author introduces the algebra \(D(W)\) of the difference operators of the form NEWLINENEWLINE\[NEWLINE D = \sum_s^r s_iF_i NEWLINE\]NEWLINE NEWLINEsatisfying NEWLINENEWLINE\[NEWLINE D(P_n) = \Gamma_nP_n\;,\;n\geq 0\;,\;s\leq 0\leq r\;,\;\Gamma_n\in C^{n\times n},NEWLINE\]NEWLINE NEWLINEwhere \(s_i\) are shift operators defined by \(s_i(f)=f(x+i)\). The coefficients \(F_i\) are matrix polynomials of degree \(\leq r-s\) such that NEWLINENEWLINE\[NEWLINE dgr(\sum_s^ri^kF_i)\leq k\;,\;k=0,1,\dots,r-s NEWLINE\]