On the derivative of the Legendre function of the first kind with respect to its degree

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/39/49/006MaRDI QIDQ5898337zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Radosław Szmytkowski

Publication date 5 February 2007

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0803.3993, https://semanticscholar.org/paper/5794e3e57f822be95c6b72ae635b218cea9038f5

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Orthogonal polynomials and functions of hypergeometric type (Jacobi, Laguerre, Hermite, Askey scheme, etc.) (33C45)

Abstract: The derivative of the associated Legendre function of the first kind of integer degree with respect to its order, $partial{P}_n^{mu}(z)/partialmu$, is studied. After deriving and investigating general formulas for $mu$ arbitrary complex, a detailed discussion of $[partial{P}_n^{mu}(z)/partialmu{]}_{mu=pmm}$, where $m$ is a non-negative integer, is carried out. The results are applied to obtain several explicit expressions for the associated Legendre function of the second kind of integer degree and order, $Q_n^{pmm}(z)$. In particular, we arrive at formulas which generalize to the case of $Q_n^{pmm}(z)$ ($0leqslantmleqslantn$) the well-known Christoffel's representation of the Legendre function of the second kind, $Q_n(z)$. The derivatives $[partia{l}^2{P}_n^{mu}(z)/partialm{u}^2{]}_{mu=m}$, $[partial{Q}_n^{mu}(z)/partialmu{]}_{mu=m}$ and $[partial{Q}_{-n-1}^{mu}(z)/partialmu{]}_{mu=m}$, all with $m>n$, are also evaluated.

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