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hating DSolve...

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg23273] hating DSolve...
• From: Nicola Attico <attico at localhost.localdomain>
• Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 22:05:16 -0400 (EDT)
• Organization: Centro SERRA - University of Pisa
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

It seems to me that Mathematica DSolve is not able
to find the solution of the very standard Legendre equation...
When it could be useful....

DSolve[(1-z^2) f''[z]-2 z f'[z]+(a(a+1)-(m^2/(1-z^2)))f[z]==0,f[z],z]


Nicola Attico