RACAH POLYNOMIALS AND A 3-TERM RECURRENCE RELATION FOR THE RACAH COEFFICIENTS Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • A three-term recurrence relation is derived for the Racah coefficients or 6-j symbols based on a set of orthogonal polynomials, called Racah polynomials, that generalise these coefficients. This relation is shown to be a consequence of the well known Biedenharn-Elliot identity.

published proceedings

  • JOURNAL OF PHYSICS A-MATHEMATICAL AND GENERAL

author list (cited authors)

  • RAO, K. S., SANTHANAM, T. S., & GUSTAFSON, R. A.

citation count

  • 2

complete list of authors

  • RAO, KS||SANTHANAM, TS||GUSTAFSON, RA

publication date

  • January 1987