Formula:5599

Digital Library of Mathematical Functions ID 14.18.E1

${\displaystyle{\displaystyle\mathsf{P}_{\nu}\left(\cos\theta_{1}\cos\theta_{2}+\sin\theta_{1}\sin\theta_{2}\cos\phi\right)=\mathsf{P}_{\nu}\left(\cos\theta_{1}\right)\mathsf{P}_{\nu}\left(\cos\theta_{2}\right)+2\sum_{m=1}^{\infty}(-1)^{m}\mathsf{P}^{-m}_{\nu}\left(\cos\theta_{1}\right)\mathsf{P}^{m}_{\nu}\left(\cos\theta_{2}\right)\cos\left(m\phi\right),}}$

Symbols List

• ${\displaystyle{\displaystyle\mathsf{P}^{\NVar{\mu}}_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{x}\right)}}$: Ferrers function of the first kind
• ${\displaystyle{\displaystyle\cos\NVar{z}}}$: cosine function
• ${\displaystyle{\displaystyle\mathsf{P}_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{x}\right)=\mathsf{P}^{0}_{\nu}\left(x\right)}}$:
• ${\displaystyle{\displaystyle\sin\NVar{z}}}$: sine function
• ${\displaystyle{\displaystyle m}}$: nonnegative integer
• ${\displaystyle{\displaystyle\nu}}$: general degree
• ${\displaystyle{\displaystyle\theta_{1}}}$: real
• ${\displaystyle{\displaystyle\phi}}$: real
 

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