Generating functions of Legendre polynomials: A tribute to Fred Brafman (Q765820)

The authors present a generalization of Bailey's identity for Appell's hypergeometric function and its implication to generating functions of Legendre polynomials of the form \(\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}u_{n}P_{n}(x)z^{n}\), where \(u_{n}\) is an Apéry-like sequence, that is, a sequence satisfying \((n+1)^2u_{n+1}=(an^2+an+b)u_n-cn^2u_{n-1}\), where \(n\geq 0\) and \(u_{-1}=0, u_0=1\). The authors also give generating functions for rarefied Legendre polynomials and construct a new family of identities for \(1/\pi\).