In mathematics, Racah polynomials are orthogonal polynomials named after Giulio Racah, as their orthogonality relations are equivalent to his orthogonality relations for Racah coefficients. The Racah polynomials were first defined by Wilson (1978) and are given by
p n ( x ( x + γ + δ + 1 ) ) =
4 F 3 [ − n n + α + β + 1 − x x + γ + δ + 1 α + 1 γ + 1 β + δ + 1 ; 1 ] . {\displaystyle p_{n}(x(x+\gamma +\delta +1))={}_{4}F_{3}\left[{\begin{matrix}-n&n+\alpha +\beta +1&-x&x+\gamma +\delta +1\\\alpha +1&\gamma +1&\beta +\delta +1\\\end{matrix}};1\right].}
Orthogonality
∑ y = 0 N R n ( x ; α , β , γ , δ ) R m ( x ; α , β , γ , δ ) γ + δ + 1 + 2 y γ + δ + 1 + y ω y = h n δ n , m , {\displaystyle \sum _{y=0}^{N}\operatorname {R} _{n}(x;\alpha ,\beta ,\gamma ,\delta )\operatorname {R} _{m}(x;\alpha ,\beta ,\gamma ,\delta ){\frac {\gamma +\delta +1+2y}{\gamma +\delta +1+y}}\omega _{y}=h_{n}\operatorname {\delta } _{n,m},}
when α + 1 = − N {\displaystyle \alpha +1=-N} , where R {\displaystyle \operatorname {R} } is the Racah polynomial,
x = y ( y + γ + δ + 1 ) , {\displaystyle x=y(y+\gamma +\delta +1),}
δ n , m {\displaystyle \operatorname {\delta } _{n,m}} is the Kronecker delta function and the weight functions are
ω y = ( α + 1 ) y ( β + δ + 1 ) y ( γ + 1 ) y ( γ + δ + 2 ) y ( − α + γ + δ + 1 ) y ( − β + γ + 1 ) y ( δ + 1 ) y y ! , {\displaystyle \omega _{y}={\frac {(\alpha +1)_{y}(\beta +\delta +1)_{y}(\gamma +1)_{y}(\gamma +\delta +2)_{y}}{(-\alpha +\gamma +\delta +1)_{y}(-\beta +\gamma +1)_{y}(\delta +1)_{y}y!}},}
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