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variants of this functions
LegendreP






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Hypergeometric Functions > LegendreP[nu,z] > Identities > Recurrence identities > Distant neighbors





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Input Form





LegendreP[\[Nu], z] == Subscript[\[ScriptCapitalC], n][\[Nu], z] LegendreP[\[Nu] + n, z] - ((n + \[Nu] + 1)/(n + \[Nu])) Subscript[\[ScriptCapitalC], n - 1][\[Nu], z] LegendreP[\[Nu] + n + 1, z] /; Subscript[\[ScriptCapitalC], 0][\[Nu], z] == 1 && Subscript[\[ScriptCapitalC], 1][\[Nu], z] == ((2 \[Nu] + 3) z)/(\[Nu] + 1) && Subscript[\[ScriptCapitalC], n][\[Nu], z] == ((z (1 + 2 n + 2 \[Nu]))/(n + \[Nu])) Subscript[\[ScriptCapitalC], n - 1][\[Nu], z] - ((n + \[Nu])/(n + \[Nu] - 1)) Subscript[\[ScriptCapitalC], n - 2][\[Nu], z] && Element[n, Integers] && n > 0










Standard Form





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MathML Form







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Rule Form





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