3.28 Discrete q-Hermite I

Definition. The discrete q-Hermite I polynomials are Al-Salam-Carlitz I polynomials with a = -1 :

 

Orthogonality.

 

Recurrence relation.

 

Normalized recurrence relation.

 

where

q-Difference equation.

 

Forward shift operator.

 

or equivalently

 

Backward shift operator.

 

or equivalently

 

where

Rodrigues-type formula.

 

Generating function.

 

Remark. The discrete q-Hermite I polynomials are related to the discrete q-Hermite II polynomials defined by (3.29.1) in the following way :

References. [13], [17], [67], [83], [98], [193], [208], [283].




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