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variants of this functions
LegendreP




Mathematica Notation

Traditional Notation









Polynomials > LegendreP[n,z] > Zeros





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Input Form





LegendreP[n, z]/(z - Subscript[z, 0]) == (1/((1 - Subscript[z, 0]^2) (D[LegendreP[n, x], x] /. x -> Subscript[z, 0]))) Sum[(2 k + 1) LegendreP[k, z] LegendreP[k, Subscript[z, 0]], {k, 0, n - 1}] /; LegendreP[n, Subscript[z, 0]] == 0








Standard Form





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MathML Form







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Rule Form





Cell[BoxData[RowBox[List[RowBox[List["HoldPattern", "[", FractionBox[RowBox[List["LegendreP", "[", RowBox[List["n_", ",", "z_"]], "]"]], RowBox[List["z_", "-", SubscriptBox["z_", "0"]]]], "]"]], "\[RuleDelayed]", RowBox[List[FractionBox[RowBox[List[UnderoverscriptBox["\[Sum]", RowBox[List["k", "=", "0"]], RowBox[List["n", "-", "1"]]], RowBox[List[RowBox[List["(", RowBox[List[RowBox[List["2", " ", "k"]], "+", "1"]], ")"]], " ", RowBox[List["LegendreP", "[", RowBox[List["k", ",", "z"]], "]"]], " ", RowBox[List["LegendreP", "[", RowBox[List["k", ",", SubscriptBox["zz", "0"]]], "]"]]]]]], RowBox[List[RowBox[List["(", RowBox[List["1", "-", SubsuperscriptBox["zz", "0", "2"]]], ")"]], " ", RowBox[List["(", RowBox[List[RowBox[List[SubscriptBox["\[PartialD]", RowBox[List["x"]]], RowBox[List["LegendreP", "[", RowBox[List["n", ",", "x"]], "]"]]]], "/.", "\[InvisibleSpace]", RowBox[List["x", "\[Rule]", SubscriptBox["zz", "0"]]]]], ")"]]]]], "/;", RowBox[List[RowBox[List["LegendreP", "[", RowBox[List["n", ",", SubscriptBox["zz", "0"]]], "]"]], "\[Equal]", "0"]]]]]]]]


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2001-10-29