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Continuous Hahn Polynomials

Definition

The Continuous Hahn polynomials are defined as

\[ \begin{align} p_n(x;a,b,c,d) &= i^n\frac{(a+c)_n (a+d)_n}{n!} \sum_{k=0}^n \frac{(-n)_k (n+a+b+c+d-1)_k (a+i x)_k}{(a+c)_k (a+d)_k k!}\\ &= i^n\frac{(a+c)_n (a+d)_n}{n!} {}_3F_2 \left(\left. {-n, n+a+b+c+d-1, a+i x \atop a+c, a+d} \; \right| 1 \right) \end{align} \]

Difference Equation

Recurrence Equation

Parameters

Variables

\(n\)

\(x\)

Parameters

\(a\) \(\)

\(b\) \(\)

\(c\) \(\)

\(d\) \(\)

factor (use Maple-style input)

   hypergeometric term in \(n\) and hypergeometric term in \(x\) required