A system of polynomials
,
, where
is of proper degree
, is orthonormal on the unit circle with respect
to the weight function
(
) if
where the bar signifies complex conjugate.
Simon (2005a, b) gives the general theory of these OP’s in terms
of monic OP’s
, see §18.33(vi).
Denote
where
, and
are constants. Also
denote
Reported 2014-11-10 by Roderick Wong
where the bar again signifies complex conjugate. Then
For an alternative and more detailed approach to the recurrence relations, see §18.33(vi).
Assume that
. Set
Let
and
,
, be OP’s with weight
functions
and
, respectively, on
. Then
Conversely,
where
,
,
, and
are independent of
.
with
For the hypergeometric function
see
§§15.1 and 15.2(i).
Askey (1982a) and Sri Ranga (2010) give more general results
leading to what seem to be the right analogues of Jacobi polynomials on the unit circle.
with
For the notation, including the basic hypergeometric function
,
see §§17.2 and 17.4(i).
When
the Askey case is also known as the Rogers–Szegő case.
See for a more general class Costa et al. (2012).
See Baxter (1961) for general theory. See Askey (1982a) and Pastro (1985) for special cases extending (18.33.13)–(18.33.14) and (18.33.15)–(18.33.16), respectively. See Gasper (1981) and Hendriksen and van Rossum (1986) for relations with Laurent polynomials orthogonal on the unit circle. See Al-Salam and Ismail (1994) for special biorthogonal rational functions on the unit circle.
Instead of orthonormal polynomials
Simon (2005a, b) uses monic polynomials
.
Let
be a probability measure on the unit circle of which
the support is an infinite set.
A system of monic polynomials
,
,
where
is of proper degree
,
is orthogonal on the unit circle with respect
to the measure
if
where the bar signifies complex conjugate and
,
.
Then the
corresponding orthonormal polynomials are
If the measure
is absolutely continuous, i.e.,
for some weight function
(
) then
(18.33.17) (see also (18.33.1))
takes the form
For a polynomial

with complex coefficients
and of a certain degree
define the reversed polynomial
by
The Verblunsky coefficients (also called Schur parameters
or reflection coefficients) are the coefficients
in the
Szegő recurrence relations
Then
Equivalent to the recurrence relations (18.33.23), (18.33.24) are the inverse Szegő recurrence relations
Combination of (18.33.23) and (18.33.24) gives
while combination of (18.33.27) and (18.33.23) gives the three-term recurrence relation
for
, while
.
For
as in (18.33.19) (or more generally as the
weight function of the absolutely continuous part of the measure
in (18.33.17)) and with
the Verblunsky
coefficients in (18.33.23), (18.33.24),
Szegő’s theorem states that
By (18.33.25)
, so the infinite product
in (18.33.31) converges, although the limit may be zero.
In particular, by (18.33.31),