Error bounds for the numerical evaluation of Legendre polynomials by a three-term recurrence

DOI10.1553/etna_vol54s323zbMath1464.65021OpenAlexW3154259272MaRDI QIDQ2035853

Sebastian Schmutzhard, Tomasz Hrycak

Publication date: 25 June 2021

Published in: ETNA. Electronic Transactions on Numerical Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://etna.mcs.kent.edu/volumes/2021-2030/vol54/abstract.php?vol=54&pages=323-332

zbMATH Keywords

Legendre polynomialsfloating-point arithmeticthree-term recurrence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Computation of special functions and constants, construction of tables (65D20) Numerical approximation and evaluation of special functions (33F05) Numerical aspects of recurrence relations (65Q30)

Uses Software

• mctoolbox
• DLMF
• FastGaussQuadrature

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