Recurrence relations of the multi-indexed orthogonal polynomials V: Racah and q -Racah types

Abstract

In previous papers, we discussed the recurrence relations of the multi-indexed orthogonal polynomials of the Laguerre, Jacobi, Wilson, and Askey-Wilson types. In this paper, we explore those of the Racah and q-Racah types. For the M-indexed (q-)Racah polynomials, we derive 3 + 2M term recurrence relations with variable dependent coefficients and 1 + 2L term (L ≥ M + 1) recurrence relations with constant coefficients. Based on the latter, the generalized closure relations and the creation and annihilation operators of the quantum mechanical systems described by the multi-indexed (q-)Racah polynomials are obtained. In Appendix B and Appendix C, we present a proof and some data of the recurrence relations with constant coefficients for the multi-indexed Wilson and Askey-Wilson polynomials.