Orthogonal Polynomials appearing in SIE grid representations

Abstract

We show in this article how orthogonal polynomials appear in certain representations of grid shaped quivers. After a short introduction into the general notion of quivers and their representations by linear operators we define the notion of an SIE quiver representation: All intrinsic endomorphisms arising from circuits in the quiver act as scalar multipliers. We then present several lemmas that ensure this SIE property of a quiver representation. Ladder commutator conditions and certain diagram commutativity "up to scalar multiples" play a central role. The theory will then be applied to three examples. Extensive calculations shows how Associated Laguerre, Legendre--Gegenbauer polynomials and binomial distributions fit into the framework of grid shaped SIE quivers. One can see, that this algebraic point of view is foundational for orthogonal polynomials and special functions.