Questions tagged [legendre-polynomials]
For questions about Legendre polynomials, which are solutions to a particular differential equation that frequently arises in physics.
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Deriving quadrature weights from discrete orthogonality of exponentials
In the proof of Lemma 2 of Driscoll and Healy, it says
\begin{align}
\sqrt{2}\delta_{k,0} &= \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\int_0^\pi P_k(\cos\theta)\sin\theta d\theta\\\\
&= \frac{1}{2\sqrt{2}}\int_{-\pi}...
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Derivation of Legendre Polynomials from only orthogonality
I recently stumbled on the idea of Legendre polynomials, from the perspective of using them to approximate functions over a region, and I discovered all of these other ways to express them, using ...
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Derivation of the associated Legendre Polynomials
I have been struggling to find a proper derivation of the associated Legendre Polynomials and a derivation of
$$P_l^{-m}(\mu)=(-1)^m\frac{(l-m)!}{(l+m)!}P_l^m(\mu)$$
Can someone point to a proper ...
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Could someone explain the reason behind using Legendre Polynomials?
Where $x = \cos(\phi)$ and therefore (and this is very important) $x=[-1,1]$, we have the (special such that m = 0) associated Legendre Equation $(1-x^2)\frac{d^2 y}{dx^2} - 2x \frac{dy}{dx}+ky = 0$, ...
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How to find an expression for the $n$th partial derivatives of $1/r$?
From Pirani's lectures on General Relativity I got the following identity which he asks the reader to prove by induction which is easy
$$\partial_{\alpha_1} \partial_{\alpha_2} ... \partial_{\alpha_n} ...
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Evaluate $\int_{0}^{1} \operatorname{Li}_3\left [ \left ( \frac{x(1-x)}{1+x} \right ) ^2 \right ] \text{d}x$
Possibly evaluate the integral?
$$
\int_{0}^{1} \operatorname{Li}_3\left [
\left ( \frac{x(1-x)}{1+x} \right ) ^2 \right ]
\text{d}x.
$$
I came across this when playing with Legendre polynomials, ...
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Integration of Legendre polynomials with their derivatives
I need the results of $\int_{-1}^1 p_i(x) p_j'(x) dx$, where $p_i$ is the classical Legendre polynomials in $[-1,1]$. Using the matlab, I get the following result:
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Prove the orthogonality of the Legendre Polynomial from the recursion only.
It's known that the Legendre Polynomials follow the recursion:
$$P_n(x)=\frac{2n-1}{n}xP_{n-1}(x)-\frac{n-1}{n}P_{n-2}(x)$$
with
$$P_0(x) = 1, P_1(x)=x$$
Now I am finding an elementary method to prove ...
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Tripe integral involving the square of associated Legendre polynomials and a derivative of a Legendre polynomial
I encountered the following integral in the physics literature
$$
\int_{-1}^{1}P_{\ell}^m(x)^2P_{n}^\prime(x){\rm d}x
$$
where $P_{\ell}^m(x)$ is an associated Legendre polynomial of degree $\ell$ and ...
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Simplify in closed-form $\sum_n P_n(0)^2 r^n P_n(\cos \theta)$
Simplify in a closed form the sum $$S(r,\theta)=\sum_{n=0}^{\infty} P_n(0)^2 r^n P_n(\cos \theta)$$ where $P_n(x)$ is the Legendre polynomial and $0<r<1$. Note that $P_n(0)= 0$ for odd $n$ and $...
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Integral of product of Legendre polynomial and exponential function
Kindly help me with the following integral :
$
I_l(a) = \int_{-1}^{+1} dx\, e^{a x} P_l(x) \quad
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($a$ is real and positive).
I thought to use the following relation given in Gradshteiyn and also ...
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Calculation for negative integer order Associated Legendre Function
I am currently engaging with the following hypergeometric function as a result of attempting to find a solution for this probability problem for $n$ number of dice:
$$_2F_1\left (\frac{n+k}{2}, \frac{...
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Is the Gram-Schmidt Orthogonalization process for functions the same as it is for vectors? [closed]
I was not able to find resources online and was wondering so since it would greatly help me with my work if I can directly apply what I have learned from linear algebra.
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Multidimensional Legendre polynomials?
Legendre polynomials can be given by several expressions, but perhaps the most compact way to represent them is by Rodrigues' formula as
$$P_n(x) = \frac{1}{2^n n!} \frac{d^n}{dx^n} (x^2 - 1)^n.$$
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Morse and Fesbach identity $\sum_{n=0}^{\infty} e^{-(n+\frac{1}{2})|u|} \; P_n(x) =(2\cosh u - 2x)^{-1/2}$
In book called Methods of theoretical physics from Morse and Feshbach, there is identity, which I wanted to prove ($P_n(x)$ are Legendre polynomials):
$$\sum_{n=0}^{\infty} e^{-(n+\frac{1}{2})|u|} \; ...
