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variants of this functions
LegendreP






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Polynomials > LegendreP[n,mu,2,z] > Identities > Functional identities > Expansion with respect to parameters





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Input Form





LegendreP[n, m, Cos[\[Beta]]] == (-1)^m (a/c)^n Sum[Binomial[n + m, k] (-(b/a))^(n - k) LegendreP[n - k, m, Cos[\[Gamma]]], {k, 0, n - m}] /; Element[n, Integers] && n >= 0 && Element[m, Integers] && -n <= m <= n && 0 <= \[Beta] <= Pi && 0 <= \[Gamma] <= Pi && \[Alpha] == Pi - \[Beta] - \[Gamma] && \[Beta] + \[Gamma] <= Pi && Element[a, Reals] && a > 0 && b == a (Sin[\[Beta]]/Sin[\[Alpha]]) && c == a (Sin[\[Gamma]]/Sin[\[Alpha]])










Standard Form





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MathML Form







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Rule Form





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