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Legendre equation

noun

, Mathematics.
  1. a differential equation of the form (1− x 2 ) d2y/dx2 − 2 xdy/dx + a ( a + 1) y = 0, where a is an arbitrary constant.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Legendre equation1

First recorded in 1880–85; after A. M. Legendre

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