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Re: LegendreP error (bug?) in Mathematica

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  • Subject: [mg58903] Re: LegendreP error (bug?) in Mathematica
  • From: "sashap" <pavlyk at gmail.com>
  • Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 05:32:10 -0400 (EDT)
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  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

No, it is not a bug and Mathematica returns correct result:

http://functions.wolfram.com/HypergeometricFunctions/LegendrePGeneral/04/02/01/0002/

LegendreP[-n, z] == LegendreP[n- 1, z]

LegendreP[-1,z] == LegendreP[0,z] == 1

Your sum does not define LegendreP.


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