Bilateral discrete and continuous orthogonality relations in the \(q^{-1}\)-symmetric Askey scheme (Q7302937)

Let \(p_n(x;a,b,c,d \mid q)\) denote the Askey-Wilson polynomials. The authors define the \(q^{-1}\)-Askey-Wilson polynomials by \N\[\N\mathbf{p}_n(x;a,b,c,d \mid q) = i^{-n} p_n(iz;ia,ib,ic,id \mid q^{-1}), \N\] \Nwhere \(|q| < 1\) and \(x = \frac{1}{2}(z-z^{-1})\), along with the \(q^{-1}\)-Hahn, \(q^{-1}\)-Al-Salam-Chihara, continuous big \(q^{-1}\)-Hermite, and continuous \(q^{-1}\)-Hermite polynomials, obtained by successively letting \(d,c,b\), and \(a\) tend to \(0\). The main results are bilateral discrete and continuous orthogonality relations for these five families. By taking \((m,n) = (0,0)\) in the bilateral continuous orthogonality relation for \(\mathbf{p}_n(x;a,b,c,d \mid q)\), the authors obtain a new \(q\)-beta integral. They also compute the corresponding beta integral arising from the limit \(q \to 1^{-}\).