In mathematics, the quantum ''q''-Krawtchouk polynomials are a family of basic hypergeometric

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in the basic

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. give a detailed list of their properties.

Definition

The polynomials are given in terms of

basic hypergeometric function In mathematics, basic hypergeometric series, or ''q''-hypergeometric series, are ''q''-analogue generalizations of generalized hypergeometric series, and are in turn generalized by elliptic hypergeometric series. A series ''x'n'' is called ...

s by :

K_n^(q^;p,N;q)=_2\phi_1\left begin
q^,q^\\
q^\end
;q;pq^\right qquad n=0,1,2,...,N.

References

* * * *{{dlmf, id=18, title=Chapter 18 Orthogonal Polynomials, first=Tom H. , last=Koornwinder, first2=Roderick S. C., last2= Wong, first3=Roelof , last3=Koekoek, , first4=René F. , last4=Swarttouw Orthogonal polynomials Q-analogs Special hypergeometric functions