An interpretation of the multiple Meixner polynomials of the first kind is
provided through an infinite Lie algebra realized in terms of the creation and
annihilation operators of a set of independent oscillators. The model is used
to derive properties of these orthogonal polynomials.
It is possible to generalize the fruitful interaction between (real or
complex) Jacobi matrices, orthogonal polynomials and Pade approximants at
infinity by considering rational interpolants, (bi-)orthogonal rational
functions and linear pencils zB-A of two tridiagonal matrices A, B, following
Spiridonov and Zhedanov.