On the dimensions of oscillator-like algebras induced by orthogonal polynomials: non-symmetric case

Abstract

There is a generalized oscillator-like algebra associated with every class of orthogonal polynomials $\{\Psi_n(x)\}_{n=0}^{\infty}$, on the real line, satisfying a four term non-symmetric recurrence relation $x\Psi_n(x)=b_n\Psi_{n+1}(x)+a_n\Psi_n(x)+b_{n-1}\Psi_{n-1}(x),~\Psi_0(x)=1,~b_{-1}=0$. This note presents necessary and sufficient conditions on $a_n$ and $b_n$ for such algebras to be of finite dimension. As examples, we discuss the dimensions of oscillator-like algebras associated with Laguerre and Jacobi polynomials.