%0 Journal Article %A Álvarez Fernández, Carlos %A Fidalgo Prieto, Ulises %A Mañas Baena, Manuel Enrique %T The multicomponent 2D Toda hierarchy: generalized matrix orthogonal polynomials, multiple orthogonal polynomials and Riemann-Hilbert problems %D 2010 %@ 0266-5611 %U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/44699 %X We consider the relation of the multicomponent 2D Toda hierarchy with the matrix orthogonal and biorthogonal polynomials. The multi-graded Hankel reduction of this hierarchy is considered and the corresponding generalized matrix orthogonal polynomials are studied. In particular, for these polynomials we consider the recursion relations, and for rank 1 weights its relation with multiple orthogonal polynomials of mixed type with a type II normalization and the corresponding link with a Riemann-Hilbert problem. %~