Some characteristic property of the Meixner polynomials

A new characterization of the Meixner polynomials is established. It is based on the solution of a problem related to a previous result concerning the Laguerre polynomials. Solutions of analogous problems provide characteristic properties of the Laguerre and Hermite polynomials. These properties, which are derived from the two-variable polynomials, generalize, in turn, the previous ones.