>>>>> "Barton" == Barton Willis <willisb at unk.edu> writes:
Barton> -----Raymond Toy wrote: -----
>> From looking at the documentation for orthopoly,
>> it's unclear what assoc_legendre_p(a,b,z) and
>> assoc_legendre_q(a,b,z) are. Is a the
>> degree and b the order?
Barton> For integers n, with n > -1, it should be the case that
Barton> assoc_legendre_p(n,0,x) - legendre_p(n,x),
Barton> assoc_legendre_q(n,0,x) - legendre_q(n,x).
Is that supposed to be an equal sign? Is that conversion supposed to
happen automatically? If so, it doesn't for me.
>> I think the documentation should at least say so.
Barton> I'll try to improve it.
I can help with that. I also noticed the reference to the equation
numbers for A&S don't seem to match the equation numbers in
http://mintaka.sdsu.edu/faculty/wfw/ABRAMOWITZ-STEGUN/, but I'll check
more closely.
Ray