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The expansion of Lamé functions into series of associated Legendre functions of the second kind

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

B. D. Sleeman
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Battersea College of Technology, London, S.W. 11

Extract

Introduction. In this paper, a study is made of the solutions of Lamé's differential equation as series of associated Legendre functions. The particular feature studied is the representation of the second solution corresponding to the case when the first solution is a Lamé polynomial.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1966

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