%0 Journal Article %T Representations of the Quantum Algebra su_q(1,1) and Discrete q-Ultraspherical Polynomials %A Valentyna Groza %J Mathematics %D 2005 %I arXiv %R 10.3842/SIGMA.2005.016 %X We derive orthogonality relations for discrete q-ultraspherical polynomials and their duals by means of operators of representations of the quantum algebra su_q(1,1). Spectra and eigenfunctions of these operators are found explicitly. These eigenfunctions, when normalized, form an orthonormal basis in the representation space. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0511632v1