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LegendreP






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Polynomials > LegendreP[n,z] > Differential equations > Ordinary linear differential equations and wronskians > For the direct function itself





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Input Form





z^2 Derivative[2][w][z] - z (-1 + 2 s + (r (1 + a^2 z^(2 r)))/ (1 - a^2 z^(2 r))) Derivative[1][w][z] + (s^2 - (a^2 n (1 + n) r^2 z^(2 r) (-1 + a^2 z^(2 r)))/ (1 - a^2 z^(2 r))^2 + (r s (1 + a^2 z^(2 r)))/(1 - a^2 z^(2 r))) w[z] == 0 /; w[z] == Subscript[c, 1] z^s LegendreP[n, a z^r] + Subscript[c, 2] z^s LegendreQ[n, a z^r]










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