Characterizations of Bochner?Krall Orthogonal Polynomials of Jacobi Type

Abstract

Let $\{P_n(x) \}_{n=0}^\infty$ be an orthogonal polynomial system relative to a compactly supported measure. We find characterizations for $\{P_n(x) \}_{n=0}^\infty$ to be a Bochner--Krall orthogonal polynomial system, that is, $\{P_n(x) \}_{n=0}^\infty$ are polynomial eigenfunctions of a linear differential operator of finite order. In particular, we show that $\{P_n(x) \}_{n=0}^\infty$ must be generalized Jacobi polynomials which are orthogonal relative to a Jacobi weight plus two point masses.