Multiple orthogonal polynomials with respect to Gauss' hypergeometric function

A new set of multiple orthogonal polynomials of both type I and type II with respect to two weight functions involving Gauss’ hypergeometric function on the interval (0,1) is studied. This type of polynomials have direct applications in the investigation of singular values of products of Ginibre matrices, in the analysis of rational solutions to Painlevé equations and are connected with branched continued fractions and total positivity problems in combinatorics. The pair of orthogonality measures is shown to be a Nikishin system and to satisfy a matrix Pearson-type differential equation. The focus is on the polynomials whose indexes lie on the step line, for which it is shown that a differentiation on the variable gives a shift on the parameters, therefore satisfying the Hahn’s property. We obtain a Rodrigues-type formula for the type I, while a more detailed characterisation is given for the type II polynomials (aka 2-orthogonal polynomials) which includes: an explicit expression as a terminating hypergeometric series, a third-order differential equation and a third-order recurrence relation. The asymptotic behaviour of their recurrence coefficients mimics those of Jacobi-Piñeiro polynomials, based on which, their zero asymptotic distribution and a Mehler-Heine asymptotic formula near the origin are given. Particular choices on the parameters degenerate in some known systems such as special cases of the Jacobi-Piñeiro polynomials, Jacobi-type 2-orthogonal polynomials and components of the cubic decomposition of threefold symmetric Hahn-classical polynomials. Equally considered are confluence relations to other known polynomial sets, such as multiple orthogonal polynomials with respect to Tricomi functions.

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