Associated Legendre function of the first kind of type 2: Representations through more general functions (formula 07.08.26.0009)

LegendreP

$Mathematica Notation$

Hypergeometric Functions

LegendreP[nu,mu,2,z]

Representations through more general functions

Through Meijer G

Classical cases for the direct function itself

http://functions.wolfram.com/07.08.26.0009.01

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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Date Added to functions.wolfram.com (modification date)

2001-10-29

LegendreP[n,z]
LegendreP[nu,z]
LegendreP[nu,mu,z]
LegendreP[n,mu,2,z]
LegendreP[nu,mu,3,z]