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Aleksandr Gamble
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 12/01/06 00:39am
I have a question about the LaguerreL function in Mathematica. I am working on a notebook that deals with hydrogen wavefunctions. These involve the associated Laguerre polynomials.
My difficulty is that the Laguerre polynomials generated by LaguerreL[n,a,x] do not agree with those tabulated in my Physical Chemistry book. For instance, the book states that
LaguerreL[1,1,x]=-1,
but Mathematica returns
LaguerreL[1,1,x]=2-x
As another example, the book states that
LaguerreL[4,3,x]=-4!(4-x)
but Mathematica returns
LaguerreL[4,3,x]=1/24*(840 - 840*z + 252*z^2 - 28*z^3 + z^4)
Does anybody know what to make of this discrepancy?
Thank you.
Aleksandr
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