A DIFFERENCE EQUATION FOR MULTIPLE KRAVCHUK POLYNOMIALS

A DIFFERENCE EQUATION FOR MULTIPLE KRAVCHUK POLYNOMIALS

Let ${K^{(\vec{p};N)}_{\vec{n}}(x)}$ be a multiple Kravchuk polynomial with respect to r discrete Kravchuk weights. We first find a lowering operator for multiple Kravchuk polynomials ${K^{(\vec{p};N)}_{\vec{n}}(x)}$ in which the orthogonalizing weights are not involved. Combining the lowering operator and the raising operator by Rodrigues# formula, we find a (r+1)-th order difference equation which has the multiple Kravchuk polynomials ${K^{(\vec{p};N)}_{\vec{n}}(x)}$ as solutions. Lastly we give an explicit difference equation for ${K^{(\vec{p};N)}_{\vec{n}}(x)}$ for the case of r=2.