This paper introduces and studies the Heun-Racah and Heun-Bannai-Ito algebras abstractly and establishes the relation between these new algebraic structures and generalized Heun-type operators derived from the notion of algebraic Heun operators in the case of the Racah and Bannai-Ito algebras.
Connections between the 1-excitation dynamics of spin lattices and quantum walks on graphs will be surveyed. Attention will be paid to perfect state transfer (PST) and fractional revival (FR) as well as to the role played by orthogonal polynomials in
the study of these phenomena. Included is a discussion of the ordered Hamming scheme, its relation to multivariate Krawtchouk polynomials of the Tratnik type, the exploration of quantum walks on graphs of this association scheme and their projection to spin lattices with PST and FR.
The generating function of the Bannai-Ito polynomials is derived using the fact that these polynomials are known to be essentially the Racah or $6j$ coefficients of the $mathfrak{osp}(1|2)$ Lie superalgebra. The derivation is carried in a realization
of the recoupling problem in terms of three Dunkl oscillators.
A new recurrence relation for exceptional orthogonal polynomials is proposed, which holds for type 1, 2 and 3. As concrete examples, the recurrence relations are given for Xj-Hermite, Laguerre and Jacobi polynomials in j = 1,2 case.
The spectral transformation technique for symmetric R_{II} polynomials is developed. Use of this technique reveals that the nonautonomous discrete modified KdV (nd-mKdV) lattice is directly connected with the R_{II} chain. Hankel determinant solution
s to the semi-infinite nd-mKdV lattice are also presented.
A generalized eigenvalue algorithm for tridiagonal matrix pencils is presented. The algorithm appears as the time evolution equation of a nonautonomous discrete integrable system associated with a polynomial sequence which has some orthogonality on t
he support set of the zeros of the characteristic polynomial for a tridiagonal matrix pencil. The convergence of the algorithm is discussed by using the solution to the initial value problem for the corresponding discrete integrable system.
An interpolation problem related to the elliptic Painleve equation is formulated and solved. A simple form of the elliptic Painleve equation and the Lax pair are obtained. Explicit determinant formulae of special solutions are also given.
Discrete spectral transformations of skew orthogonal polynomials are presented. From these spectral transformations, it is shown that the corresponding discrete integrable systems are derived both in 1+1 dimension and in 2+1 dimension. Especially in
the (2+1)-dimensional case, the corresponding system can be extended to 2x2 matrix form. The factorization theorem of the Christoffel kernel for skew orthogonal polynomials in random matrix theory is presented as a by-product of these transformations.
