International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 2006 (2006), Issue 7, Pages 28131, 12 p.
doi:10.1155/IJMMS/2006/28131

On the 2-orthogonal polynomials and the generalized birth and death processes

Zerouki Ebtissem and Boukhemis Ammar

Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, University of Badji Mokhtar, Annaba, P.O. Box 12, Annaba 23000, Algeria

Abstract

We discuss the connections between the 2-orthogonal polynomials and the generalized birth and death processes. Afterwards, we find the sufficient conditions to give an integral representation of the transition probabilities from these processes.