A q-analogue of the 9-j symbols and their orthogonality

We introduce a q-analogue of Wigner's 9-j symbols following the notational scheme used by Wilson in identifying the 6-j symbols with Racah polynomials, which eventually led Askey and Wilson to obtain a q-analogue of them, namely, the q-Racah polynomials. Most importantly, we prove the orthogonality of our analogues in complete generality, as well as derive an explicit polynomial expression for these new functions.

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