Two well-known q-Hermite polynomials are the continuous and discrete q-Hermite polynomials. In this paper we consider two new q-Hermite polynomials and prove several curious properties about these polynomials. One striking property is the connection with q-Fibonacci polynomials and the recent works on the combinatorics of the Matrix Ansatz of the PASEP.

A probabilistic interpretation of a modified Gegenbauer polynomial is furnished by its expression in terms of a combinatorial probability defined on a compound urn model. Also, a combinatorial interpretation of its coefficients is provided. In particular, probabilistic interpretations of a modified Chebyshev polynomial of the second kind and a modified Legendre polynomial together with combinat...

An operational approach introduced by Gould and Hopper to the construction of generalized Hermite polynomials is followed in the hypercomplex context to build multidimensional generalized Hermite polynomials by the consideration of an appropriate basic set of monogenic polynomials. Directly related functions, like Chebyshev polynomials of first and second kind are constructed.

with given a, b, t0, t1 and n ≥ 0. This sequence was introduced by Horadam [3] in 1965, and it generalizes many sequences (see [1, 4]). Examples of such sequences are Fibonacci polynomials sequence (Fn(x))n≥0, Lucas polynomials sequence (Ln(x))n≥0, and Pell polynomials sequence (Pn(x))n≥0, when one has a = x, b = t1 = 1, t0 = 0; a = t1 = x, b = 1, t0 = 2; and a = 2x, b = t1 = 1, t0 = 0; respect...

Kasraoui, Stanton and Zeng, and Kim, Stanton and Zeng introduced certain q-analogues of Laguerre and Charlier polynomials. The moments of these orthogonal polynomials have combinatorial models in terms of crossings in permutations and set partitions. The aim of this article is to prove simple formulas for the moments of the q-Laguerre and the q-Charlier polynomials, in the style of the Touchard...

nineteen lymph node biopsies, 3 curetting, 15 blood samples obtained from patients with lymphadenitis and high titers of toxoplasma antibodies, and 27 tonsillar tissues removed from patients because of chronic tonsillitis were inoculated intraperitoneally into mice for isolation of toxoplasma gondii. toxoplasms were isolated from 5 lymph node biopsies, one curettage material, 2 tonsillar tissue...

The aim of this study was to identify a prognostic immunohistochemical signature indicative of risk of early metastasis in node-negative breast carcinomas that would also be relevant to the development of new tailored therapy. Quantitative measurements of the immunohistochemical expression of 64 markers (selected from literature data) using high-throughput densitometry (as a continuous variable...

We consider a fourth-order eigenvalue problem on a semi-infinite strip which arises in the study of viscoelastic shear flow. The eigenvalues and eigenfunctions are computed by a spectral method involving Laguerre functions and Legendre polynomials.

We develop polynomials in z ∈ C for which some generalized harmonic numbers are special cases at z= 0. By using the Riordan array method, we explore interesting relationships between these polynomials, the generalized Stirling polynomials, the Bernoulli polynomials, the Cauchy polynomials and the Nörlund polynomials. © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.