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We give new and simplified proofs of three basic theorems in the theory of orthogonal polynomials associated to a classical, ℝd-valued random variable X with all moments, namely: (1) The characterization of X in terms of commutators among the creation–annihilation–preservation (CAP) operators in its quantum decomposition. (2) The characterization, in terms of the same objects, of the fact that the distribution of X is a product measure. (3) The equivalence of the symmetry of X with the vanishing of the associated preservation operator. Our new formulation of these results allows one to obtain a stronger form of the above statements.