Explicit representations of Pollaczek polynomials corresponding to an exactly solvable discretisation of hydrogen radial Schrödinger equation

Abstract

We consider an exactly solvable discretisation of the radial Schrödinger equation of the hydrogen atom with l=0. We first examine direct solutions of the finite difference equation and remark that the solutions can be analytically continued entire functions. A recursive expression for the coefficients in the solution is obtained. The next step is to identify the related three-term recursion relation for Pollaczek polynomials. One-to-one correspondence between the spectral and position representations facilitates the evaluation of Pollaczek polynomials corresponding to the discrete spectrum. Finally, we obtain two alternative and explicit expressions for the solutions of the original difference equation.