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LegendreP




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Polynomials > LegendreP[n,mu,2,z] > Identities > Recurrence identities > Distant neighbors





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








Standard Form





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Rule Form





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