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An extended class of orthogonal polynomials defined by a Sturm-Liouville problem

arXiv:0807.3939 · doi:10.1016/j.jmaa.2009.05.052

Abstract

We present two infinite sequences of polynomial eigenfunctions of a Sturm-Liouville problem. As opposed to the classical orthogonal polynomial systems, these sequences start with a polynomial of degree one. We denote these polynomials as -Jacobi and -Laguerre and we prove that they are orthogonal with respect to a positive definite inner product defined over the the compact interval or the half-line , respectively, and they are a basis of the corresponding Hilbert spaces. Moreover, we prove a converse statement similar to Bochner's theorem for the classical orthogonal polynomial systems: if a self-adjoint second order operator has a complete set of polynomial eigenfunctions , then it must be either the -Jacobi or the -Laguerre Sturm-Liouville problem. A Rodrigues-type formula can be derived for both of the polynomial sequences.

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