Associated Legendre functions

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The associated Legendre functions are polynomials which are most conveniently defined in terms of derivatives of the Legendre polynomials:

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The first associated Legendre polynomials are:


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Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle P_1^0 (x) =x}


Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle P_1^1 (x) =-(1-x^2)^{1/2}}



Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle P_2^1 (x) =-3x(1-x^2)^{1/2}}


Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle P_2^2 (x) =3(1-x^2)}

etc.