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LegendreQ




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Hypergeometric Functions > LegendreQ[nu,mu,2,z] > Series representations > Generalized power series > Expansions at z==1





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Input Form





LegendreQ[n, m, 2, z] == (1/2) (((1 + z)^(m/2)/(1 - z)^(m/2)) Sum[(((-1)^(m - k) (m - k - 1)!)/k!) Pochhammer[-n, k] Pochhammer[1 + n, k] ((1 - z)/2)^k, {k, 0, m - 1}] - (-1)^n (m + n)! (m - n - 1)! ((1 - z)^(m/2)/(1 + z)^(m/2)) Sum[((Pochhammer[-n, k] Pochhammer[1 + n, k])/(k! (m + k)!)) ((1 - z)/2)^k, {k, 0, n}]) /; Abs[(1 - z)/2] < 1 && Element[n, Integers] && n >= 0 && Element[m, Integers] && m >= 0 && m > n








Standard Form





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