New examples of Krall-Meixner and Krall-Hahn polynomials, with applications to the construction of exceptional Meixner and Laguerre polynomials

Abstract

We construct new examples of Krall discrete orthogonal polynomials, i.e., orthogonal polynomials with respect to a measure which are also eigenfunctions of a higher order difference operator. The new examples include the orthogonal polynomials with respect to the measures obtained from the Meixner measure $\rho_{a,c}$ and Hahn measure $\rho_{a,b,N}$ by removing a finite number of their mass points when the parameter $c$ of the Meixner measure and $a$ or $b$ of the Hahn measure are positive integers. From the new Krall-Meixner families we construct new families of exceptional Meixner and Laguerre polynomials.