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Hahn Polynomials

Definition

The Hahn polynomials are defined as

\[ \begin{align} Q_n(x;\alpha,\beta,N) &= \sum_{k=0}^n \frac{(-n)_k (n+\alpha+\beta+1)_k (-x)_k}{(\alpha+1)_k (-N)_k k!}\\ &= {}_3F_2 \left(\left. {-n, n+\alpha+\beta+1, -x \atop \alpha+1, -N} \; \right| 1 \right) \end{align} \]

Difference Equation

Recurrence Equation

Parameters

Variables

\(n\)

\(x\)

Parameters

\(\alpha\) \(\alpha > -1\)

\(\beta\) \(\beta > -1\)

\(N\) \(N > 0\)

factor (use Maple-style input)

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