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The Legendre functions are solutions of the Legendre differential equation
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Magnus, W., Oberhettinger, F., Soni, R.P. (1966). Legendre functions. In: Formulas and Theorems for the Special Functions of Mathematical Physics. Die Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften, vol 52. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-11761-3_4
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