RESEARCH INTERESTS
 
Classical analysis and approximation theory
Orthogonal polynomials and q-special functions
Theory of group representations
Integral transformations and their applications 
Computer algebra and special functions 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY

(A) Publications in refereed journals
(B) Conference Proceedings
(C) Review articles
(D) Books
(E) Translations
(F) Submitted articles
(G) Papers under preparetion

List of the main publications:

(A) Publications in refereed journals:

     1. The Clebsch-Gordan coefficients of the group SU(2) and Hahn polynomials,
         joint with Ya. A. Smorodinskii, Soviet J. Nuclear Phys. 35 (1982)
         #1, 108-113.
     2. Matrix elements of Lorentz boosts and the orthogonality of
         Hahn polynomials on a contour, Soviet J. Nuclear Phys. 36 (1982)
         #4, 621-622.
     3. 6j-symbols and orthogonal polynomials, joint with Ya. A. Smorodinskii,
          Soviet J. Nuclear Phys. 36 (1982) #4,  623-625.
     4. Rodrigues formula for the Racah coefficients, Soviet J. Nuclear Phys. 37
          (1983) #3, 472-473.
     5. The 9j-symbols as orthogonal polynomials in two discrete variables,
          Soviet J. Nuclear Phys. 38 (1983) #4, 662-663.
     6. The T-coefficients of the "tree" method as orthogonal polynomials
          of a discrete variable,  Soviet J. Nuclear Phys. 38 (1983) #5, 829-834.
     7. The Hahn polynomials in the Coulomb problem, Soviet J. Nuclear Phys. 40
         (1984) #1, 79-82.
     8. Clebsch-Gordan coefficients and Racah coefficients for the SU(2)
          and SU(1,1) groups  as the discrete analogues of the Poschl-Teller
          potential wave functions, joint with Yu. F. Smirnovand A. M. Shirokov,
          J. Phys. A17 (1984) #11, 2157-2175.
     9. Classical orthogonal polynomials of a discrete variable and
          representations of the three-dimensional rotation group,
          joint with A. F. Nikiforov and V. B. Uvarov,
          Functional Anal. Appl. 19 (1985), 182-193.
    10. The Hahn and Meixner polynomials of an imaginary argument and some of
           their applications, joint with N. M. Atakishiyev, J. Phys. A18 (1985) #10,
          1583-1596.
    11. Classical orthogonal polynomials of a discrete variableon nonuniform lattices,
          joint with A. F. Nikiforov, Lett. Math. Phys. 11 (1986) \#1, 27-34.
    12. Classical orthogonal polynomials of a discrete variable
           continuous orthogonality relations, Lett. Math. Phys.14 (1987)#1, 77-88.
    13. Classical orthogonal polynomials in a discrete variable on nonuniform lattices,
          joint with A. F. Nikiforov and V. B.Uvarov,
          Soviet Math. Dokl. 34(1987) #3, 576-579.
    14. About one class of special functions, joint with N. M. Atakishiyev,
           Rev. Mexicana Fis. 34 (1988) #2, 152-167.
    15. On the moments of classical and related polynomials, joint with N. M. Atakishiyev,
          Rev. Mexicana Fis. 34 (1988) #2, 147-157.
    16. Continuous orthogonality property for some classical polynomials of
          a discrete variable, joint with N. M. Atakishiyev, Rev. Mexicana Fis. 34
          (1988) #4, 541-563.
    17. Difference analogues of the harmonic oscillator, joint with N. M.Atakishiyev,
          Theoret. and Math. Phys. 85 (1990) #1, 1055-1062.
    18. A realization of the q-harmonic oscillator, joint with N.M. Atakishiyev,
         Theoret. and Math. Phys. 87 (1991) #1, 442--444.
    19. On the theory of 9j-symbols, Theoret. and Math. Phys. 88(1991) #1, 720-724.
    20. On the Askey-Wilson polynomials, joint with N. M. Atakishiyev,
          Constr. Approx. 8 (1992), 363-369.
    21. The q-harmonic oscillator and an analogue of the Charlier polynomials,
          joint with R. Askey, J. Phys. A26(1993), L693-L698.
    22. The q-harmonic oscillator and the Al-Salam and Carlitz polynomials,
          joint with R. Askey, Lett. Math. Phys. 29 (1993) #2, 123-132.
    23. The Clebsch-Gordan coefficients for quantum algebra SUq(2),
          joint with N. M. Atakishiyev, Theoret. and Math. Phys. 98 (1994) #1, 3-11.
    24. The Pearson equation and the beta integrals, joint with M. Rahman,
          SIAM J. Math. Anal. 25 (1994)#2, 646-693.
    25. Barnes and Ramanujan-type integrals on the q-linear lattice,
          joint with M. Rahman, SIAM J. Math. Anal. 25 (1994)#3, 1002-1022.
    26. On a general q-Fourier transformation with nonsymmetric kernels,
           joint with R. Askey and M. Rahman,
          Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics 68 (1996), 25-55.
    27. A unified approach to the summation and integration formulas for
          q-hypergeometric functions,I,  joint with M. Rahman,
          Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference 54 (1996), 101-118.
    28. Some summation theorems and transformations for q-series,
          joint with M. E. H. Ismail and M. Rahman,
          Canad. J. Math. 49 (1997), 543-567.
    29. "Addition" theorems for some q-exponential and q-trigonometric functions,
          Methods and Applications of Analysis 4 (1997), 11-32.
    30. Some orthogonal very-well-posed 8phi7-functions,
          J. Phys. A: Math. Gen.30 (1997), 5877-5885.
    31. Basic analog of Fourier series on a q-quadratic grid, joint with J. Bustoz,
          Methods and Applications of Analysis 5 (1998) #1, 1-38.
    32. Multiparameter Ramanujan-type q-beta integrals,
          The Ramanujan Journal 2 (1998) # 3
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(B) Conference Proceedings:

     1. Classical orthogonal polynomials of a discrete variable in the theory of
         group representations, joint with A. F. Nikiforov and V. B. Uvarov,
         in: Group Theoretical Methods in Physics, Vol. 1-3 (Zvenigorod,1982),
         Harwood Acad. Publ., Chur, 1985, pp. 87-96.
     2. Classical orthogonal polynomials of a discrete variable on nonuniform lattices,
         joint with A. F. Nikiforov, in: GroupTheoretical Methods in Physics, Vol.1
         (Yurmala, 1985), VNU Sci. Press, Utrecht, 1986, pp. 505-511.
     3. Representations of SO(3,1) and the Hahn polynomials, joint with N. M. Atakishiyev,
         in: Group Theoretical Methods in Physics, Vol. 1 (Yurmala, 1985),
         VNU Sci. Press, Utrecht, 1986, pp. 523-530.
     4. The Charm polynomials, joint with N. M. Atakishiyev and G. I. Kuznetsov,
         in: Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Orthogonal Polynomials
         and Their Applications (Brezinski et al., eds.), J. C. Baltzer A. G., Basel,
         Switzerland, 1991, pp. 15-16.
     5. Classical biorthogonal rational functions, joint with M. Rahman,
         in:  Methods of Approximation Theory in Complex Analysis and Mathematical Physics
         (A. A. Gonchar and E. B. Saff, eds.), Lecture Notes in Math. Vol. 1550,
         Springer-Verlag, 1993, pp. 131-146.
     6. An analog of the Fourier transformation for a q-harmonic oscillator,
         joint with R.Askey and N. M. Atakishiyev, in:  Symmetries in Science VI (B. Gruber, ed.),
         Plenum Press, New York, 1993, pp. 57-63;
         Preprint IAE-5611/1, Kurchatov Institute, Moscow 1993.
     7. Singular analogue of the Fourier transformation for the Askey-Wilson polynomials,
         joint with M. Rahman, in: Symmetries and  Integrability of Difference Equations
         (D. Levi, L. Vinet, and P. Winternitz, eds.), CRM Proceedings & Lecture Notes, Vol.9,
         American Math. Society, 1996, pp. 289-302.
     8. Some generating functions for q-polynomials, joint with M. Ismail and D. Masson,
         in:  Special Functions, q-Series and Related Topics
         (M. E. H. Ismail, D. R. Masson, and M. Rahman, eds.),
         Fields Institute Communications, Vol. 14, American Math. Society, 1997,  pp. 91-108.

(C) Review articles:

     1. On the theory of difference analogues of special functions of hypergeometric type,
         Russian Math. Surveys 44 (1989) #2, 227-278, London Math. Soc.
     2. Difference hypergeometric functions, joint with N. M. Atakishiyev,
         in: Progress in Approximation Theory: An International Perspective
         (A. A. Gonchar and E. B. Saff, eds.), Springer Series in Computational Mathematics,
         Vol. 19, Springer-Verlag, 1992, pp. 1-35.
     3. On the classical orthogonal polynomials, joint with N. M. Atakishiyev and M. Rahman,
         Constr. Approx.11 (1995) #2, 181-226.

 (D) Books:

     1. Classical Orthogonal Polynomials of a Discrete Variable,
         joint with A. F. Nikiforov and V. B. Uvarov, Nauka, Moscow, 1985;
         English translation in Springer Series in Computational Physics, Springer-Verlag, 1991.
 
(E) Translations:

     1. Askey, R. Ramanujan and hypergeometric and basic hypergeometric series[in Russian],
         translated from English with remark by N. M. Atakishiyev and S. K. Suslov,
         Uspekhi Mat. Nauk 45 (1990) #1, 33-76; Russian Math. Surveys 45 (1990) #1, 37-86,
         London Math. Soc.
     2. Gasper, G. and Rahman, M. Basic Hypergeometric Series [in Russian], translated from English
         by N. M.Atakishiyev and S. K. Suslov, Mir, Moscow, 1993.

(F) Submitted articles:

     1. A unified approach to the summation and integration formulas
          for q-hypergeometric functions. II-III, joint with M. Rahman,
          submitted to Methods and Applications of Analysis.
     2. The q-Bessel functions on a q-quadratic grid,
         joint with M. E. H. Ismail and D. Masson,
         to appear in the Proceedings of CRM workshop
         on algebraic methods and q-special functions, Montreal, May 1996.
 
(G) Papers under preparetion: 

      1. Askey-Wilson type operators and their inverses,
          joint with M. E. H. Ismail and M. Rahman.
      2. Properties  of a q-analogue of Bessel functions,
          joint with M. E. H. Ismail and D. Masson.
      3. An Introduction to Special Functions, 33 latex pages.
      4. Some orthogonal very-well-poised 8phi7-functions
          that generalize Askey--Wilson polynomials,
         MSRI Preprint No. 1997-060, Berkeley,California, 1997, 31 pp;
         see also http://lefty.msri.org/publications/preprints/online/1997-070.html.
      5. Basic Fourier series expansions of certain functions, joint with  J. Bustoz.
      6. Note on a q-Bessel function.