Dunkl-supersymmetric orthogonal functions associated with classical orthogonal polynomials

In recent years, one of the most interesting developments in quantum mechanics has been the construction of new exactly solvable potentials connected with the appearance of families of exceptional orthogonal polynomials (EOP) in mathematical physics. In contrast with families of (Jacobi, Laguerre and Hermite) classical orthogonal polynomials, which start with a constant, the EOP families begin with some polynomial of degree greater than or equal to one, but still form complete, orthogonal sets with respect to some positive-definite measure. We show how they may appear in the bound-state wavefunctions of some rational extensions of well-known exactly solvable quantum potentials. Such rational extensions are most easily constructed in the framework of supersymmetric quantum mechanics (SUSYQM), where they give rise to a new class of translationally shape invariant potentials. We review the most recent results in this field, which use higher-order SUSYQM. We also comment on some recent re-examinations of the shape invariance condition, which are independent of the EOP construction problem.

A method of generating some quantum mechanical exactly solvable potentials (ESPs), using the properties of classical orthogonal polynomials (COPs), is presented. It is illustrated using hypergeometric polynomial. Utilization of other COPs to get more ESPs is indicated.

The tridiagonal representation approach is an algebraic method for solving second order differential wave equations. Using this approach in the solution of quantum mechanical problems, we encounter two new classes of orthogonal polynomials whose properties give the structure and dynamics of the corresponding physical system. For a certain range of parameters, one of these polynomials has a mix of continuous and discrete spectra making it suitable for describing physical systems with both scattering and bound states. In this work, we define these polynomials by their recursion relations and highlight some of their properties using numerical means. Due to the prime significance of these polynomials in physics, we hope that our short expose will encourage experts in the field of orthogonal polynomials to study them and derive their properties (weight functions, generating functions, asymptotics, orthogonality relations, zeros, etc.) analytically.

Minimal recurrence relations for connection coefficients between classical orthogonal polynomials: Continuous case

The zeros and asymptotic limits of two new classes of orthogonal polynomials, which are derived by applying two orthogonalization procedures due to Lowdin to a set of monomials, are calculated. It is established that they possess all the properties ofthe zeros of a polynomial. Their asymptotic limits are found. A Unified view of all the Lowdin orthogonal polynomials together with the standard classical orthogonal polynomials are presented in a unique graph.

Connection and linearization coefficients of the Askey–Wilson polynomials

Fourth-order difference equation for the associated classical discrete orthogonal polynomials

We derive and factorize the fourth-order q-difference equations satisfied by orthogonal polynomials obtained from some perturbations of the recurrence coefficients of q-classical orthogonal polynomials. These perturbations include the rth associated, the anti-associated, the general co-recursive, co-recursive associated, co-dilated and the general co-modified q-classical orthogonal polynomials. Moreover we find a basis of four linearly independent solutions of these fourth-order q-difference equations and express the modified families in terms of the starting ones.

This paper is concerned with a possible extension of a well-known stabilization technique for one-variable recursive digital filters to the two-dimensional case, as recently conjectured. It is shown that this problem is equivalent to considering a new class of orthogonal polynomials, the two-variable orthogonal polynomials on the hypercircle, the properties of which are investigated. As a result, the zeros of these polynomials are proved not to lie necessarily in an appropriate region compatible with the proposed conjecture, which therefore turns out to be in error.

Constrained orthogonal polynomials have been recently introduced in the study of the Hohenberg–Kohn functional to provide basis functions satisfying particle number conservation for an expansion of the particle density. More generally, we define block orthogonal (BO) polynomials which are orthogonal, with respect to a first Euclidean inner product, to a given i-dimensional subspace of polynomials associated with the constraints. In addition, they are mutually orthogonal with respect to a second Euclidean inner product. We recast the determination of these polynomials into a general problem of finding particular orthogonal bases in an Euclidean vector space endowed with distinct inner products. An explicit two step Gram–Schmidt orthogonalization (G-SO) process to determine these bases is given. By definition, the standard block orthogonal (SBO) polynomials are associated with a choice of equal to the subspace of polynomials of degree less than i. We investigate their properties, emphasizing similarities to and differences from the standard orthogonal polynomials. Applications to classical orthogonal polynomials will be given in forthcoming papers.

Quadrature formulas for Bessel polynomials

Weak classical orthogonal polynomials in two variables

On the orthogonality and convolution orthogonality via the Kontorovich–Lebedev transform

Classical orthogonal polynomial systems of Jacobi, Hermite and Laguerre have the property that the polynomials of each system are eigenfunctions of a second order ordinary differential operator. According to a famous theorem by Bochner they are the only systems on the real line with this property. Similar results hold for the discrete orthogonal polynomials. In a recent paper we introduced a natural class of polynomial systems whose members are the eigenfunctions of a differential operator of higher order and which are orthogonal with respect to d measures, rather than one. These polynomial systems, enjoy a number of properties which make them a natural analog of the classical orthogonal polynomials. In the present paper we continue their study. The most important new properties are their hypergeometric representations which allow us to derive their generating functions and in some cases also Mehler-Heine type formulas.

Orthogonal polynomials suggested by a queueing model