Difference equations and quantized discriminants for q-orthogonal polynomials

Advances in Applied Mathematics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 562-589

  Ismail, Mourad E H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous q jacobi polynomials; Discriminants; Functions of the second kind; Little q jacobi polynomials; Q difference equations; Q orthogonal polynomials; Raising and lowering operators; Recurrence relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037949162     PISSN: 01968858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-8858(02)00547-X     Document Type: Article

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