The parameters of a chain sequence

Chihara, T. S.

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1990-1002153-7

The parameters of a chain sequence
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Abstract:

We give a method for constructing explicitly all parameter sequences for any chain sequence for which one parameter sequence is known. An application to orthogonal polynomials associated with birth and death processes is given.

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