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Discrete Painlevé equations for recurrence coefficients of semiclassical Laguerre polynomials

Author(s): Lies Boelen; Walter Van Assche
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 138 (2010), 1317-1331.
MSC (2010): Primary 39A13, 33C45; Secondary 42C05
Posted: December 8, 2009
MathSciNet review: 2578525
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Abstract: We consider two semiclassical extensions of the Laguerre weight and their associated sets of orthogonal polynomials. These polynomials satisfy a three-term recurrence relation. We show that the coefficients appearing in this relation satisfy discrete Painlevé equations.


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Additional Information:

Lies Boelen
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200B, BE-3001 Leuven, Belgium
Email: lies.boelen@wis.kuleuven.be

Walter Van Assche
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200B, BE-3001 Leuven, Belgium
Email: walter@wis.kuleuven.be

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-09-10152-1
PII: S 0002-9939(09)10152-1
Keywords: Discrete Painlev\'e equations, orthogonal polynomials
Received by editor(s): February 23, 2009,
Received by editor(s) in revised form: July 2, 2009
Posted: December 8, 2009
Additional Notes: This research was supported by K. U. Leuven Research Grant OT/08/033, FWO Research Grant G.0427.09 and the Belgian Interuniversity Attraction Poles Programme P6/02.
Communicated by: Peter A. Clarkson
Copyright of article: Copyright 2009, American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.




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