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variants of this functions
LegendreP






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Traditional Notation









Polynomials > LegendreP[n,mu,2,z] > Representations through more general functions > Through Meijer G > Classical cases for the direct function itself





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Input Form





LegendreP[n, \[Mu], 2, z] == (-(1/Pi)) ((1 + z)^(\[Mu]/2)/(1 - z)^(\[Mu]/2)) Limit[Sin[Pi \[Nu]] MeijerG[{{\[Nu] + 1, -\[Nu]}, {}}, {{0}, {\[Mu]}}, (z - 1)/2], \[Nu] -> n] /; Element[n, Integers]










Standard Form





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MathML Form







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Rule Form





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2001-10-29