Multivariate Kawtchouk polynomials as Birth and Death polynomials

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Authors Ryu Sasaki

Publication date 15 May 2023

Abstract: Multivariate Krawtchouk polynomials are constructed explicitly as Birth and Death polynomials, which have the nearest neighbour interactions. They form the complete set of eigenpolynomials of a birth and death process with the birth and death rates at population $$ are $$ and $$, $p_j,q_j>0$, $j=1,ldots,n$ and the corresponding stationary distribution is the multinomial distribution. The polynomials satisfy the difference equation with the coefficients $$ and $$ $j=1,ldots,n$, which is the straightforward generalisation of the difference equation governing the single variable Krawtchouk polynomials. The extra $n$ parameters than are needed to specify the multinomial distribution explicitly determine the polynomials which are the standard truncated hypergeometric polynomials. The divariate Rahman polynomials are identified as the dual polynomials with a special parametrisation.

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