DLMF:18.18.E9

MaRDI QIDQ6496 Digital Library of Mathematical Functions ID18.18.E9

• Label: DLMF:18.18.E9

${\displaystyle{\displaystyle P_{n}\left(\cos\theta_{1}\cos\theta_{2}+\sin\theta_{1}\sin\theta_{2}\cos\phi\right)={P_{n}\left(\cos\theta_{1}\right)P_{n}\left(\cos\theta_{2}\right)+2\sum_{\ell=1}^{n}\frac{(n-\ell)!\;(n+\ell)!}{2^{2\ell}(n!)^{2}}(\sin\theta_{1})^{\ell}P^{(\ell,\ell)}_{n-\ell}\left(\cos\theta_{1}\right)(\sin\theta_{2})^{\ell}P^{(\ell,\ell)}_{n-\ell}\left(\cos\theta_{2}\right)\cos\left(\ell\phi\right)}.}}$

Symbols List

• ${\displaystyle{\displaystyle P^{(\NVar{\alpha},\NVar{\beta})}_{\NVar{n}}\left(\NVar{x}\right)}}$: Jacobi polynomial
• ${\displaystyle{\displaystyle P_{\NVar{n}}\left(\NVar{x}\right)}}$: Legendre polynomial
• ${\displaystyle{\displaystyle\cos\NVar{z}}}$: cosine function
• ${\displaystyle{\displaystyle!}}$:
• ${\displaystyle{\displaystyle\sin\NVar{z}}}$: sine function
• ${\displaystyle{\displaystyle\ell}}$: nonnegative integer
• ${\displaystyle{\displaystyle n}}$: nonnegative integer
 

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