On the derivatives ∂2Pν(z)/∂ν2 and ∂Qν (z)/∂ν of the Legendre functions with respect to their degrees

DOI10.1080/10652469.2017.1339039MaRDI QIDQ4978631zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Radosław Szmytkowski

Publication date 25 August 2017

Published in Integral Transforms and Special Functions (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1707.02417

zbMATH Keywords

dilogarithmLegendre functionsLegendre polynomialsparameter derivatives

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Higher logarithm functions (33B30) Classical hypergeometric functions, ({}_2F_1) (33C05)

Abstract: We provide closed-form expressions for the degree-derivatives $[partia{l}^2{P}_u(z)/partial{u}^2{]}_{u=n}$ and $[partial{Q}_u(z)/partialu{]}_{u=n}$, with $zinmathbbC$ and $ninmathbb{N}_0$, where $P_u(z)$ and $Q_u(z)$ are the Legendre functions of the first and the second kind, respectively. For $[partia{l}^2{P}_u(z)/partial{u}^2{]}_{u=n}$, we find that ${\displaystyle }$displaystylefrac{partial^{2}P_{

u}(z)}{partial u^{2}}�igg|_{ u=n}=-2P_{n}(z) extrm{Li}_{2}frac{1-z}{2}+B_{n}(z)lnfrac{z+1}{2}+C_{n}(z),${\displaystyle }$ where $extrm{Li}_2[(1-z)/2]$ is the dilogarithm function, $P_n(z)$ is the Legendre polynomial, while $B_n(z)$ and $C_n(z)$ are certain polynomials in $z$ of degree $n$. For $[partial{Q}_u(z)/partialu{]}_{u=n}$ and $zinmathbbCsetminus[-1,1]$, we derive ${\displaystyle }$displaystyle frac{partial Q_{ u}(z)}{partial u}�igg|_{

u=n}=-P_{n}(z) extrm{Li}_{2}frac{1-z}{2}-frac{1}{2}P_{n}(z)lnfrac{z+1}{2}lnfrac{z-1}{2} +frac{1}{4}B_{n}(z)lnfrac{z+1}{2}-frac{(-1)^{n}}{4}B_{n}(-z)lnfrac{z-1}{2}-frac{pi^{2}}{6}P_{n}(z) +frac{1}{4}C_{n}(z)-frac{(-1)^{n}}{4}C_{n}(-z).${\displaystyle }$ A counterpart expression for $[partial{Q}_u(x)/partialu{]}_{u=n}$, applicable when $xin(-1,1)$, is also presented. Explicit representations of the polynomials $B_n(z)$ and $C_n(z)$ as linear combinations of the Legendre polynomials are given.

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