Difference equation of hypergeometric type
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A second order difference equation of hypergeometric type is of the form $$\sigma(s)\nabla \Delta y(s) + \tau(s)\Delta y(s)+\lambda y(s)=0,$$ where $\sigma(s)$ is a polynomial of degree at most $2$, $\tau(s)$ is a polynomial of degree at most $1$, and $\lambda \in \mathbb{R}$.
Properties
Theorem: The difference equation of hypergeometric type can be written in the self-adjoint form $$\Delta [\sigma(s)\rho(s)\nabla y(s)]+\lambda \rho(s)y(s)=0,$$ where the function $\rho$ satisfies a Pearson difference equation $$\Delta [ \sigma(s)\rho(s) ] = \tau(s)\rho(s).$$
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