Orthogonal polynomials associated to a certain fourth order differential equation

Abstract: We introduce orthogonal polynomials

M_{j}^{m u, e l l} (x)

as eigenfunctions of a certain self-adjoint fourth order differential operator depending on two parameters

m u i n m a t h b b C

and

e l l i n m a t h b b N_{0}

. These polynomials arise as

K

-finite vectors in the

L^{2}

-model of the minimal unitary representations of indefinite orthogonal groups, and reduce to the classical Laguerre polynomials

L_{j}^{m} u (x)

for

e l l = 0

. We establish various recurrence relations and integral representations for our polynomials, as well as a closed formula for the

L^{2}

-norm. Further we show that they are uniquely determined as polynomial eigenfunctions.

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