Some integrals involving Legendre polynomials and associated Legendre functions

1989 ◽  
Vol 22 (20) ◽  
pp. 4331-4338 ◽  
Author(s):  
L D Salem ◽  
H S Wio
Author(s):  
D.E. Winch ◽  
P.H. Roberts

AbstractDifferentiation of the well-known addition theorem for Legendre polynomials produces results for sums over order m of products of various derivatives of associated Legendre functions. The same method is applied to the corresponding addition theorems for vector and tensor spherical harmonics. Results are also given for Chebyshev polynomials of the second kind, corresponding to ‘spin-weighted’ associated Legendre functions, as used in studies of distributions of rotations.


1988 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 405-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul W. Haggard

The associated Legendre functions are defined using the Legendre numbers. From these the associated Legendre polynomials are obtained and the derivatives of these polynomials atx=0are derived by using properties of the Legendre numbers. These derivatives are then used to expand the associated Legendre polynomials andxnin series of Legendre polynomials. Other applications include evaluating certain integrals, expressing polynomials as linear combinations of Legendre polynomials, and expressing linear combinations of Legendre polynomials as polynomials. A connection between Legendre and Pascal numbers is also given.


1985 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 407-411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul W. Haggard

The Legendre numbers, an infinite set of rational numbers are defined from the associated Legendre functions and several elementary properties are presented. A general formula for the Legendre numbers is given. Applications include summing certain series of Legendre numbers and evaluating certain integrals. Legendre numbers are used to obtain the derivatives of all orders of the Legendre polynomials atx=1.


1927 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 30-35
Author(s):  
T. M. MacRobert

In a previous paper the author has employed certain formulæ of Dr Dougall's connecting the Associated Legendre Functions Pnm, where m is a positive integer and n is not integral, with the polynomials Ppm in which p is a positive integer, to deduce the Addition Theorem for the Legendre Functions of the first kind from the corresponding theorem for the Legendre Polynomials.


2009 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 131-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Eshagh

Spatially Restricted Integrals in Gradiometric Boundary Value ProblemsThe spherical Slepian functions can be used to localize the solutions of the gradiometric boundary value problems on a sphere. These functions involve spatially restricted integral products of scalar, vector and tensor spherical harmonics. This paper formulates these integrals in terms of combinations of the Gaunt coefficients and integrals of associated Legendre functions. The presented formulas for these integrals are useful in recovering the Earth's gravity field locally from the satellite gravity gradiometry data.


1922 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 82-93
Author(s):  
T. M. MacRobert

Associated Legendre Functions as Integrals involving Bessel Functions. Let,where C denotes a contour which begins at −∞ on the real axis, passes positively round the origin, and returns to −∞, amp λ=−π initially, and R(z)>0, z being finite and ≠1. [If R(z)>0 and z is finite, then R(z±)>0.] Then if I−m (λ) be expanded in ascending powers of λ, and if the resulting expression be integrated term by term, it is found that


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