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TUTORIAL 7-CONTINUATION

MAT 580

LEGENDRE POLYNOMIAL

DEC 2014

1. Write the first three non-zero terms for the series of Legendre
polynomial for the function

0 , −1< x≤0
f (x )= {
4−x 2 , 0<x <1
AUG 2013

2. Use the Legendre generating function to show that


1
P0 ( x )=1 , P 1 ( x )=x and P2 ( x )= ( 3 x 2−1 )
2 .

FEB 2013

3. Use the Binomial expansion to prove the generating function


1
− ∞
2 2
( 1−2 xt+t ) = ∑ Pn ( x )tn
n=0

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