Jacobi operator, q-difference equation and orthogonal polynomials

arXiv1211.0359MaRDI QIDQ6236858FDOQ6236858

Publication date: 1 November 2012

Abstract: In this paper, a link between

q

-difference equations, Jacobi operators and orthogonal polynomials is given. Replacing the variable

x

by

q^{- n}

in a Sturm-Liouville

q

-difference equation we discovered the Jacobi operator. With appropriate initial conditions, the eigenfunctions of such operators are either

q

-orthogonal polynomials or the modified

q

-Bessel function and a newborn the

q

-Macdonald ones. The new Polynomial sequence we found is related to the

q

-Lommel polynomials introduced by Koelink and other. Adapting E. C. Titchmarsh's theory, we showed the existence of a solution square-integrable only in the complex case. As application in the real case we gave the behavior at infinity for

q

-Macdonald's function. Finally, we pointed out that the method described in our paper can be generalized to study the orthogonal polynomial sequence introduced by Al-Salam and Ismail

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