-Pascal and -Wronskian Matrices with Implications to -Appell Polynomials

Abstract

We introduce a -deformation of the Yang and Youn matrix approach for Appell polynomials. This will lead to a powerful machinery for producing new and old formulas for -Appell polynomials, and in particular for -Bernoulli and -Euler polynomials. Furthermore, the --polynomial, anticipated by Ward, can be expressed as a sum of products of -Bernoulli and -Euler polynomials. The pseudo -Appell polynomials, which are first presented in this paper, enable multiple -analogues of the Yang and Youn formulas. The generalized -Pascal functional matrix, the -Wronskian vector of a function, and the vector of -Appell polynomials together with the -deformed matrix multiplication from the authors recent article are the main ingredients in the process. Beyond these results, we give a characterization of -Appell numbers, improving on Al-Salam 1967. Finally, we find a -difference equation for the -Appell polynomial of degree .