1. Introduction and Preliminaries
The subject of
-calculus leads to a new method for computations and classifications of
-special functions. It was launched in the 1920s. However, it has gained importance and considerable popularity during the last three decades [
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8,
9]. In the last decades,
-calculus has been developed into an interdisciplinary subject and served as a bridge between physics and mathematics. The recent interest in the subject is due to the fact that
-series has popped in such various areas as quantum groups, statistical mechanics, transcendental number theory, etc. The definitions and notations of
-calculus reviewed here are taken from [
10] (see also [
11,
12]).
The
-analog of the Pochhammer symbol
, also called a
-shifted factorial, are defined by
The
-analogs of a complex number
and of the factorial function are given as follows:
The
-binomial coefficients
are defined by
The
-analog of the classical derivative
of a function
u at a point
is given as
In addition, we note that
The
-exponential functions
and
are defined as:
which satisfy the following properties:
The class of Appell polynomials was introduced and characterized completely by Appell [
13]. Further, Throne [
14], Sheffer [
15] and Varma [
16] studied this class of polynomials from different point of views. Sharma and Chak [
17] introduced a
-analog for the class of Appell polynomials and called this sequence of polynomials as
-Harmonic. Later, Al-Salam [
1] established the class of
-Appell polynomials
and investigated some of its properties. These polynomials appear in several problems of theoretical physics, applied mathematics, approximation theory and many other branches of mathematics. The polynomials
(of degree
) are called
-Appell polynomials provided that they satisfy the following
-differential equation
The generating function for the
-Appell polynomials
is given as:
where
is an analytic function at
and
denotes the
-Appell numbers.
We note that the function
is called the determining function for the set
. Based on suitable selection for the function
, different members belonging to the family of
-Appell polynomial
can be obtained. These members along with their notations, names and generating functions are listed in
Table 1.
In 1978, Roman and Rota [
22] used the umbral calculus to define the sequence of Sheffer polynomials whose their characteristics proved that this new proposed family of polynomials is equivalent to the family of polynomials of type zero, which was previously introduced by Sheffer [
23]. Later, Roman [
24] proposed a similar umbral approach under the area of nonclassical umbral calculus which is called
-umbral calculus. Recently, Kim et al. [
5] introduced the
-Sheffer polynomials (qSP)
for
by means of the following generation function:
where
is the compositional inverse of
.
In addition, the
-Sheffer polynomials may be alternatively defined as:
where
In view of Equations (
17) and (
18), we have
The -Sheffer polynomials for the pair is called the -Appell polynomials and for the pair becomes the -associated Sheffer polynomials .
Recently, Duran et al. [
25] introduced the
-Hermite polynomials (qHP)
by means of the following generating function:
In [
25],
-number is defined by
. It is worth noting that
for some constant
c in
. Thus, there is no need to deal with the family of
-Sheffer–Appell polynomials.
In the present article, a new family of
-Sheffer–Appell polynomials (qSAP) is introduced by means of generating functions, series and determinant definitions. Further, some results are obtained for some members of this family. In the next section, the
-Sheffer–Appell polynomials are introduced by means of the generating functions and series definition. In addition, the determinant definition and many interesting properties of these
-hybrid special polynomials are derived. In
Section 3, we consider some members of
-Sheffer–Appell polynomials and obtain the determinant definitions and some other properties of these members. In
Section 4, the class of 2D
-Sheffer–Appell polynomials (2DqSAP) is also introduced. In
Section 5, the graphs of some members of
-Sheffer–Appell polynomials and 2D
-Sheffer–Appell polynomials are plotted for different values of indices by using Matlab.
2. -Sheffer–Appell Polynomials
In this section, the generating function, series definition and determinant definition for the -Sheffer–Appell polynomials are introduced.
To establish the generating function for the qSAP by making use of replacement technique, the following result is proved:
Theorem 1. The following generating function for the -Sheffer–Appell polynomials holds true: Proof. By expanding the
-exponential function
in the left hand side of Equation (
15) and then replacing the powers of
z, i.e.,
, by the corresponding polynomials
in the left hand side and
z by
in the right hand side of the resultant equation, we have
Further, summing up the series in left hand side and then using Equation (
18) in the resultant equation, we get
Finally, indicating resultant qSAP by
, that is
the assertion in Equation (
22) is proved. □
Next, we introduce the series definition for the qSAP
by proving the following result:
Theorem 2. The -Sheffer–Appell polynomials are defined by the following series definition: Proof. In view of Equations (
16) and (
18), Equation (
22) can be written as:
which on using the Cauchy product rule [
26] gives
Now, comparing the coefficients of identical powers of
in above equation, we arrive at our assertion in Equation (
26). □
Theorem 3. The -Sheffer–Appell polynomials satisfy the following linear homogeneous recurrence relation:where Proof. Consider the generating function
Taking the
-derivative of Equation (
31) partially with respect to
, we get
Now, factorizing
from its left hand side and after that multiplying both sides by
, it follows that
In view of the assumption in Equations (
30) and (
31), Equation (
33) can be expressed as
which on using the Cauchy product rule, gives
Finally, equating the coefficients of identical powers of
in above equation and after that dividing both sides of the resultant equation by
, we get the assertion in Equation (
29). □
Due to the importance of determinant form for the computational and applied purposes, we derive the determinant definition for the qSAP .
Theorem 4. The -Sheffer–Appell polynomials of degree κ are defined bywhere , and are the -Sheffer polynomials of degree . Proof. Consider
to be a sequence of the qSAP defined by Equation (
22) and
,
be two numerical sequences (the coefficients of
-Taylor’s series expansions of functions) such that
satisfying
On using Cauchy product rule for the two series production
, we get
Next, multiplying both sides of Equation (
22) by
, we get
Further, in view of Equations (
18), (
39) and (
40), the above equation can be expressed as
Now, on using Cauchy product rule for the two series in the right hand side of Equation (
44), we obtain the following infinite system for the unknowns
:
Obviously, the first equation of the system in Equation (
45) leads to our first assertion in Equation (
36). The coefficient matrix of the system in Equation (
45) is lower triangular, thus this assist us to obtain the unknowns
by applying Cramer rule to the first
equations of the system in Equation (
45). According to this, we can obtain
where
, which on expanding the determinant in the denominator and taking the transpose of the determinant in the numerator, yields to
Finally, after
circular row exchanges, i.e., after moving the
jth row to the
th position for
, we arrive at our assertion in Equation (
37). □
Theorem 5. The following identity for the qSAP holds true: Proof. Expanding the determinant in Equation (
37) with respect to the
th row and using a similar approach used in ([
27], Theorem 3.1), the assertion in Equation (
48) is proved. □
3. Examples
Several members belonging to the
-Sheffer–Appell family
can be derived by making suitable selections for the functions
,
and
. The
-Hermite polynomials (qHP)
[
25] are one of the important members of
-Sheffer family. In addition, the
-Bernoulli polynomials
,
-Euler polynomials
and
-Genocchi polynomials
are considerable members of the
-Appell family. In this section, we introduce the
-Hermite–Bernoulli polynomials
,
-Hermite–Euler polynomials
and
-Hermite–Genocchi polynomials
by means of the generating functions, series definitions and also explore other properties of these members.
3.1. -Hermite–Bernoulli Polynomials
Since, for
, the qAP
reduce to the qBP
(
Table 1(I)) and for
the qSP
reduce to qHP
, for the same choices of
and
, the qSAP
reduce to qHBP
. In view of Equation (
22), the generating function for the qHBP
is given as:
In view of Equation (
26), the qHBP
of degree
are defined by the series:
In view of Equation (
48), the following identity for the qHBP
holds true:
Further, by taking
,
and
in Equations (
36) and (
37), we obtain the determinant definition of the qHBP
given as:
Definition 1. The -Hermite–Bernoulli polynomials of degree κ are defined bywhere are the -Hermite polynomials of degree κ. Theorem 6. The -Hermite–Bernoulli polynomials satisfy the following -recurrence relations: Proof. Applying the
-derivative with respect to
z to both sides of Equation (
49), we get
Now, equating the coefficient of like powers of
in both sides of the above equation, we get the assertion in Equation (
54). Similarly, on applying the
-derivative with respect to
z to both sides of Equation (
49)
k times, we get the assertion in Equation (
55). □
3.2. -Hermite–Euler Polynomials
Since, for
, the qAP
reduce to the qEP
(
Table 1(II)) and for
the qSP
reduce to qHP
, for the same choices of
and
, the qSAP
reduce to qHEP
. In view of Equation (
22), the generating function for the qHEP
is given as:
In view of Equation (
26), the qHEP
of degree
are defined by the series:
In view of Equation (
48), the following identity for the qHEP
holds true:
Further, by taking
,
and
in Equations (
36) and (
37), we obtain the determinant definition of the qHEP
given as:
Definition 2. The -Hermite–Euler polynomials of degree κ are defined bywhere are the -Hermite polynomials of degree κ. Theorem 7. The -Hermite–Euler polynomials satisfy the following -recurrence relations: Proof. Using a similar approach used in the proof of Theorem 6, we are led to the assertions in Equations (
62) and (
63). □
3.3. -Hermite–Genocchi Polynomials
Since, for
, the qAP
reduce to the qGP
(
Table 1(III)) and for
the qSP
reduce to qHP
, for the same choices of
and
, the qSAP
reduce to qHGP
which in view of Equation (
22) can be defined by means of following generating functions:
In view of Equation (
26), the qHGP
of degree
are defined by the series:
In view of Equation (
48), the following identity for the qHGP
holds true:
Further, by taking
,
and
in Equations (
36) and (
37), we obtain the determinant definition of the qHGP
given as:
Definition 3. The -Hermite–Genocchi polynomials of degree κ are defined bywhere are the -Hermite polynomials of degree κ. Theorem 8. The -Hermite–Genocchi polynomials satisfy the following -recurrence relations: Proof. Using a similar approach used in the proof of Theorem 6, we are led to the assertions in Equations (
69) and (
70). □
In the next section, we introduce a new class of the 2D -Sheffer–Appell polynomials by means of generating function and series representation.
4. 2D -Sheffer–Appell Polynomials
Recently, Keleshteri and Mahmudov [
27] introduced the 2D q-Appell polynomials (2DqAP)
, which are defined by means of the generating functions:
where
and
denotes the 2D q-Appell numbers.
Some members of the 2D
-Appell polynomials are listed in
Table 2.
The approach used in the previous section is further exploited to introduce the 2D -Sheffer–Appell polynomials (2DqSAP) and the focus is on deriving its generating functions and series definitions.
To establish the generating function for the 2DqSAP, the following result is proved:
Theorem 9. The following generating function for the 2D -Sheffer–Appell polynomials holds true: Proof. By expanding the first
-exponential function
in the left hand side of Equation (
71) and then replacing the powers of
i.e.,
by the corresponding polynomials
in the left hand side and
by
in the right hand side of the resultant equation, we have
Further, summing up the series in left hand side and then using Equation (
18) in the resultant equation, we get
Finally, denoting the resultant qSAP in the right hand side of the above equation by
, that is
the assertion in Equation (
22) is proved. □
Theorem 10. The 2D -Sheffer–Appell polynomials are defined by the following series definitions: Proof. Using Equations (
11) and (1) in Equation (
73), we get
Now, using the Cauchy product rule in the left hand side of the above equation and then equating the coefficients of like powers of
in both sides of the resultant equation, we get the assertion in Equation (
77). □
Since for
the qSP
reduce to qHP
, by making same choices for the functions
and
in Equations (
73) and (
77), we get
Certain members belonging to the 2D
-Appell family are given in
Table 2. By making suitable choices for the functions
in Equations (
79) and (
80), the generating functions and series definitions for the corresponding member belonging to the 2D
-Hermite–Appell family can be obtained. The resultant 2D
-Hermite–Appell polynomials (2DqHAP) along with their generating functions and series definitions are given in
Table 3.
5. Graphical Representation
In this section, the shapes of some members of the -Sheffer–Appell polynomials and 2D -Sheffer–Appell polynomials are displayed with the help of Matlab.
To draw the graphs of qHBP
, qHEP
and qHGP
, we considered the first four values of
-Hermite polynomials
[
25]; the expressions of these polynomials are listed in
Table 4.
Next, setting
in the determinant definitions in Equations (
53), (
61) and (
68), we have
and
Now, taking
and using the expressions of the
in
Table 4, Equations (
81)–(
83) become
Similarly, we can obtain the values of and for and as:
Further, setting
in the series definitions of
and
given in
Table 3 and using the expressions of
,
and
for
from Equations (
84)–(
92), we have
7. Conclusions
We would like to underline that the -series and -polynomials have many applications in different fields of mathematics, physics and engineering. In the present article, we demonstrate how a new replacement technique has been adopted to introduce mixed type -special polynomials and different method to establish their -recurrence relation.
To extend this new and significant approach, the hybrid class of the -Sheffer–Appell polynomials and 2D -Sheffer–Appell polynomials are introduced by means of series expansion and generating functions. The determinant form related to -Sheffer–Appell polynomials are derived, which are important for the computational and applied purposes. This process can be used to establish further a wide variety of formulas and new relations for several other -special polynomials.
The
-difference equation for the two iterated
-Appell and mixed type
-Appell polynomials are established in [
29,
30]. This aspect may be considered in future investigation.