std::assoc_legendre, std::assoc_legendref, std::assoc_legendrel

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double assoc_legendre( unsigned int n, unsigned int m, double x ); double assoc_legendre( unsigned int n, unsigned int m, float x ); double assoc_legendre( unsigned int n, unsigned int m, long double x ); float assoc_legendref( unsigned int n, unsigned int m, float x ); long double assoc_legendrel( unsigned int n, unsigned int m, long double x );	(1)
double assoc_legendre( unsigned int n, unsigned int m, IntegralType x );	(2)

1) Computes the associated Legendre polynomials of the degree n, order m, and argument x

4) A set of overloads or a function template accepting an argument of any integral type. Equivalent to (1) after casting the argument to double.

As all special functions, assoc_legendre is only guaranteed to be available in <cmath> if __STDCPP_MATH_SPEC_FUNCS__ is defined by the implementation to a value at least 201003L and if the user defines __STDCPP_WANT_MATH_SPEC_FUNCS__ before including any standard library headers.

Parameters

n	-	the degree of the polynomial, a value of unsigned integer type
m	-	the order of the polynomial, a value of unsigned integer type
x	-	the argument, a value of a floating-point or integral type

Return value

If no errors occur, value of the associated Legendre polynomial Pm
n of x, that is (1-x2
)m/2

dm

dxm

P
n(x), is returned (where P
n(x) is the unassociated Legendre polynomial, std::legendre(n, x)).

Error handling

Errors may be reported as specified in math_errhandling

• If the argument is NaN, NaN is returned and domain error is not reported
• If |x| > 1, a domain error may occur
• If n is greater or equal to 128, the behavior is implementation-defined.

Notes

Implementations that do not support TR 29124 but support TR 19768, provide this function in the header tr1/cmath and namespace std::tr1

An implementation of this function is also available in boost.math

The first few associated Legendre polynomials are:

• assoc_legendre(0, 0, x) = 1
• assoc_legendre(1, 0, x) = x
• assoc_legendre(1, 1, x) = -(1-x2
  )1/2
  
• assoc_legendre(2, 0, x) =

  1

  2

  (3x2
  -1)
• assoc_legendre(2, 1, x) = -3x(1-x2
  )1/2
  
• assoc_legendre(2, 2, x) = 3(1-x2
  )

Example

(works as shown with gcc 6.0)

Run this code

#define __STDCPP_WANT_MATH_SPEC_FUNCS__ 1
#include <cmath>
#include <iostream>
double P20(double x) { return 0.5*(3*x*x-1); }
double P21(double x) { return -3.0*x*std::sqrt(1-x*x); }
double P22(double x) { return 3*(1-x*x); }
int main()
{
    // spot-checks
    std::cout << std::assoc_legendre(2, 0, 0.5) << '=' << P20(0.5) << '\n'
              << std::assoc_legendre(2, 1, 0.5) << '=' << P21(0.5) << '\n'
              << std::assoc_legendre(2, 2, 0.5) << '=' << P22(0.5) << '\n';
}

Output:

-0.125=-0.125
-1.29904=-1.29904
2.25=2.25

See also

legendrelegendreflegendrel

Legendre polynomials (function)

External links

Weisstein, Eric W. "Associated Legendre Polynomial." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource.