QBD processes and matrix valued orthogonal polynomials: some new explicit examples

Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings

Volumn 7461, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Grünbaum, F Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Karlin McGregor representation; Matrix valued orthogonal polynomials

Indexed keywords

MATRIX ALGEBRA; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS;

BIRTH AND DEATH PROCESS; KARLIN-MCGREGOR REPRESENTATION; MATRIX VALUED ORTHOGONAL POLYNOMIAL; MATRIX-VALUED; ORTHOGONAL POLYNOMIAL; QBD PROCESS; RANDOM WALK; SPECTRAL MATRICES;

POLYNOMIALS;

EID: 85175158648     PISSN: 18624405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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