Mehler–Heine type formulas for Charlier and Meixner polynomials

Abstract

We derive Mehler–Heine type asymptotic formulas for Charlier and Meixner polynomials, and also for their associated families. These formulas provide good approximations for the polynomials in the neighborhood of $$x=0$$ and determine the asymptotic limit of their zeros as the degree $$n$$ goes to infinity.