DLMF:18.5.E11

MaRDI QIDQ6216 Digital Library of Mathematical Functions ID18.5.E11

• Label: DLMF:18.5.E11

${\displaystyle{\displaystyle C^{(\lambda)}_{n}\left(\cos\theta\right)=\sum_{\ell=0}^{n}\frac{{\left(\lambda\right)_{\ell}}{\left(\lambda\right)_{n-\ell}}}{\ell!\;(n-\ell)!}\cos\left((n-2\ell)\theta\right)=e^{\mathrm{i}n\theta}\frac{{\left(\lambda\right)_{n}}}{n!}{{}_{2}F_{1}}\left({-n,\lambda\atop 1-\lambda-n};e^{-2\mathrm{i}\theta}\right).}}$

Symbols List

• ${\displaystyle{\displaystyle{{}_{2}F_{1}}\left(\NVar{a},\NVar{b};\NVar{c};\NVar{z}\right)}}$: = F ( a , b ; c ; z ) notation for Gauss’ hypergeometric function
• ${\displaystyle{\displaystyle{\left(\NVar{a}\right)_{\NVar{n}}}}}$:
• ${\displaystyle{\displaystyle\cos\NVar{z}}}$: cosine function
• ${\displaystyle{\displaystyle\mathrm{e}}}$: base of natural logarithm
• ${\displaystyle{\displaystyle!}}$:
• ${\displaystyle{\displaystyle\mathrm{i}}}$: imaginary unit
• ${\displaystyle{\displaystyle C^{(\NVar{\lambda})}_{\NVar{n}}\left(\NVar{x}\right)}}$: ultraspherical (or Gegenbauer) polynomial
• ${\displaystyle{\displaystyle\ell}}$: nonnegative integer
• ${\displaystyle{\displaystyle n}}$: nonnegative integer
 

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