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Continuous q-Jacobi polynomials

In mathematics, the continuous q-Jacobi polynomials P(α,β)n(x|q), introduced by Askey & Wilson (1985), are a family of basic hypergeometric orthogonal polynomials in the basic Askey scheme. Roelof Koekoek, Peter A. Lesky, and René F. Swarttouw (2010, 14) give a detailed list of their properties.

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In mathematics, the continuous q-Jacobi polynomials P(α,β)
n
(x|q), introduced by Askey & Wilson (1985), are a family of basic hypergeometric orthogonal polynomials in the basic Askey scheme. Roelof Koekoek, Peter A. Lesky, and René F. Swarttouw (2010, 14) give a detailed list of their properties.

Definition

The polynomials are given in terms of basic hypergeometric functions and the q-Pochhammer symbol by

P n ( α , β ) ( x ; q ) = ( q n + 1 ; q ) n ( q ; q ) n 4 ϕ 3 [ q n , q n + α + β + 1 , q 1 2 α + 1 4 e i θ , q 1 2 α + 1 4 e i θ q n + 1 , q 1 2 ( α + β + 1 ) , q 1 2 ( α + β + 2 ) ; q , q ] x = cos θ . {\displaystyle P_{n}^{(\alpha ,\beta )}(x;q)={\frac {(q^{n+1};q)_{n}}{(q;q)_{n}}}{}_{4}\phi _{3}\left[{\begin{matrix}q^{-n},q^{n+\alpha +\beta +1},q^{{\frac {1}{2}}\alpha +{\frac {1}{4}}e^{i\theta }},q^{{\frac {1}{2}}\alpha +{\frac {1}{4}}e^{-i\theta }}\\q^{n+1},-q^{{\frac {1}{2}}(\alpha +\beta +1)},-q^{{\frac {1}{2}}(\alpha +\beta +2)}\end{matrix}};q,q\right]\qquad x=\cos \,\theta .}
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