RT Journal Article T1 Δ-Coherent pairs and orthogonal polynomials of a discrete variable A1 Area, Iván A1 Godoy, Eduardo A1 Marcellán Español, Francisco José AB In this paper we define the concept of D-coherent pair of linear functionals. We prove that if (u_0, u_1) is a D-coherent pair of linear functionals then at least one of them must be a classical discrete linear functional under certain conditions. Examples related to Meixner and Hahn linear functionals are given. PB Taylor & Francis SN 1065-2469 YR 2003 FD 2003-02 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10016/6011 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10016/6011 LA eng NO 27 pages, no figures.-- MSC1991 codes: 33C25; 42C05. NO MR#: MR1949214 (2003m:33009) NO Zbl#: Zbl 1047.42019 NO F. Marcellán wishes to acknowledge Dirección General de Investigación (MCYT) of Spainfor financial support under grant BFM2000-0206C04-01 and INTAS project 2000-272. DS e-Archivo RD 27 abr. 2024