Difference equations and discriminants for discrete orthogonal polynomials

Ramanujan Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 475-502

  Ismail, Mourad E H ^a   Nikolova, Inna ^b   Simeonov, Plamen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DOWNTOWN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bethe ansatz; Hahn and Meixner polynomials; Orthogonal polynomials

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444402877     PISSN: 13824090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11139-005-0276-z     Document Type: Article

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