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POWER SERIES SOLUTION

OF DIFFERENTIAL
EQUATIONS
Special Functions/ Higher Transcendental
Functions
Special Functions/ Higher Transcendental
Functions
Legendre Polynomials

An Introduction
Adrien-Marie Legendre
Legendres differential
equation

where n is constant
(eigenvalues) = n(n+1), n=0,1,2,
Eigenvalues are set of values of a parameter for
which a differential equation has a nonzero
solution (an eigenfunction) under given conditions.
Sturm-Liouville Differential Equation

where p, q, r, and r are continuous on


(a,b)
r(x)>0, p(x)>0 on an interval (a,b)
(eigenvalues) = n(n+1), n=0,1,2,

Legendres D.E. is in Sturm-Liouville form,


where r(x) = 1-x2 , q(x) = 0, and p(x) = 1.
Legendre Polynomial
Legendre polynomials/ Legendre
functions of the first kind are
solutions to the Legendre Differential
Equations.
The resulting solution of Legendres
differential equation is called the
Legendre polynomial of degree n
and is denoted by Pn(x).
Legendre Polynomial

where M = n/2 or M = (n-1)/2,


whichever is an integer
Legendre Polynomial
The first few Legendre Polynomials
are
Legendre Polynomial
The Legendre polynomials Pn(x) are
orthogonal (of or involving right
angles; at right angles) on the
interval , a basic property
to be defined and used in making up
FourierLegendre series in the
chapter on Fourier series.
Some Additional Results
Rodriguess formula

where n is any nonnegative integer


Some Additional Results
Integral formula

where n is any nonnegative integer

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