Definition.
Orthogonality.
Recurrence relation.
Normalized recurrence relation.
where
Difference equation.
Forward shift operator.
or equivalently
Backward shift operator.
or equivalently
Rodrigues-type formula.
Generating functions.
Remarks. The Meixner polynomials defined by (1.9.1) and the Jacobi polynomials given by (1.8.1) are related in the following way :
The Meixner polynomials are also related to the Krawtchouk polynomials defined by (1.10.1) in the following way :
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