Exact solutions to a class of differential equation and some new mathematical properties for the universal associated-Legendre polynomials (Q2343703)

Consider the differential equation \[ (1- x^2) y''- 2xy'+ \Biggl(\lambda-{m^2\over 1-x^2}- {a+ bx+ cx^2\over 1-x^2}\Biggr)\;y= 0,\tag{\(\ast\)} \] where \(a\), \(b\), \(c\), \(m\), \(\lambda\) are real parameters. The authors provide exact solutions of \((\ast)\) by means of Jacobi polynomials and hypergeometric functions, discuss some special cases with respect to parameters and derive some new properties of the universal associated Legendre polynomials.