Contiguous relations, continued fractions and orthogonality

Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 350, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 769-808

  Gupta, Dharma P ^a   Masson, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biorthogonal rational functions; Contiguous relations; Continued fractions; Difference equations; Minimal solution; Quadratic identities; Three term transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 21944434494     PISSN: 00029947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/s0002-9947-98-01879-0     Document Type: Article

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