Expansion of multivariate polynomials in products of univariate orthogonal polynomials: Discrete case (Q5946627)

The aim of this paper is to present a method to apply difference operators on series of products of classical orthogonal polynomials of discrete variables. At first the authors remind of the application of partial differential operators on series of classical orthogonal polynomials basing on the hypergeometric approach to orthogonal polynomials given by Nikiforov and Uvarov. Then this method is extended to polynomials of a discrete variable and difference operators using the analogous hypergeometric approach to polynomials of a discrete variable given again by the authors above and Suslov. The latter is then extended to series of products of polynomials of discrete variables \(x_1, x_2, \dots,x_k\). Finally the application on the solution of a connection problem is given.