2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/75461It is shown that the values of Sylvester type determinants for various orthogonal polynomials considered by Askey in [R.Askey, Evaluation of some determinants, Proceedings of the 4th ISAAC Congress, 200x, xxx-xxx] can be ascertained inductively using simple block-triangularization schemes.9 pages; to appear in Proceedings of the 4th ISAAC CongressClassical Analysis and ODEsRings and Algebras33C45, 33D45, 15A15, 15A23text