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Meixner polynomials

In mathematics, Meixner polynomials are a family of discrete orthogonal polynomials introduced by Josef Meixner. They are given in terms of binomial coefficients and the (rising) Pochhammer symbol by

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In mathematics, Meixner polynomials (also called discrete Laguerre polynomials) are a family of discrete orthogonal polynomials introduced by Josef Meixner (1934). They are given in terms of binomial coefficients and the (rising) Pochhammer symbol by

M n ( x , β , γ ) = k = 0 n ( 1 ) k ( n k ) ( x k ) k ! ( x + β ) n k γ k {\displaystyle M_{n}(x,\beta ,\gamma )=\sum _{k=0}^{n}(-1)^{k}{n \choose k}{x \choose k}k!(x+\beta )_{n-k}\gamma ^{-k}}
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