Subject: Howto simplify Integral with jacobi polynomials
From: Barton Willis
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:58:12 -0500
-----maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu wrote: -----
> I, for one, would like it if the documentation gave some definition for
each of the
>orthogonal polynomials.
The clearest way to do this would be to express each function in terms
of a hypergeometric function, I think.
A great deal has changed since I last worked with the Maxima user
documentation. And I've forgotten most everything I once knew about
texinfo. I suppose I should try CLISP, but I'm no longer able to build
GCL using mingw---I'm not currently able to test changes in the user
documentation :). I've resisted switching to CLISP because gotten the
impression that Maxima + CLISP is slow (and because I'm too lazy to
try...)
As for the non-free references---well A&S doesn't cover everything in
orthopoly. I'm unaware of a free alternative.
And yes, if you need to integrate products of Jacobi polynomials,
you'll need to invent your own solution.
Barton