Let ,
and write
(1)
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Then define
by the generating function
(2)
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The generating function may also be written
(3)
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where
is a Chebyshev polynomial of the
second kind.
Pollaczek polynomials satisfy the recurrence relation
(4)
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for ,
3, ... with
(5)
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(6)
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In terms of the hypergeometric function ,
(7)
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They obey the orthogonality relation
(8)
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where
is the Kronecker delta, for
, 1, ..., with the weighting
function
(9)
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