A note on q-difference equations for Ramanujan’s integrals

Abstract

This short paper derives the relationship between solutions of q-difference equations and generating functions for q-orthogonal polynomials. The key of the method is to obtain the expression of certain q-orthogonal polynomials as solutions of q-difference equations. In addition, we show how to generalize Ramanujan’s integrals by the technique of q-difference equation. More over, we find two generalized q-Chu–Vandermonde formulas from the perspective of the method of q-difference equations.