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In this chapter, another useful set of orthogonal functions is introduced. On applying the method of separation of variables to solve PDE problems defined in a sphere, the Legendre equation is naturally introduced.
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See Sect. 6.5 of “Special functions” by N. M. Temme [11].
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Zhu, Y. (2021). Legendre Polynomial. In: Equations and Analytical Tools in Mathematical Physics. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5441-1_6
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