The continuous Hahn polynomials defined by (1.4.1) are obtained from
the Wilson polynomials by the substitution , ,
, and in the definition
(1.1.1) of the Wilson polynomials and the limit
in the following way :
By taking , , and
in the definition (1.4.1) of the continuous Hahn polynomials and taking the limit
we obtain the Meixner-Pollaczek polynomials defined by (1.7.1) :
The Jacobi polynomials defined by (1.8.1) follow from the continuous Hahn polynomials
by the substitution , ,
, and
in (1.4.1), division by and the limit :