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LegendreP of order = -1

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• Subject: [mg58936] LegendreP of order = -1
• From: "symbio" <symbio at has.com>
• Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 01:21:55 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi,
I'm trying to solve an electrodynamics problem in spherical coordinates and 
need to use Legendre Polynomials.  Can anyone tell me what is the correct 
mathematical value for LegendreP[-1,1] supposed to be?  Is it +1 or -1, and 
more importantly WHY? I have a math book here which says it should be -1, 
but Mathematica gives +1, so which is correct?

So the question is: LegendrePolynomial[n = -1, x = 1] = ??? 

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