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Laguerre Polynomials

Definition

The Laguerre polynomials are defined as

\[ \begin{align} L_n^{(\alpha)}(x) &= \sum_{k=0}^n {n+\alpha \choose n-k} \frac{1}{k!} \left(-x\right)^k\\ &= \frac{(\alpha+1)_n}{n!} {}_1F_1 \left(\left. {-n \atop \alpha+1} \; \right| x \right) \end{align} \]

Differential Equation

Recurrence Equation

Parameters

Variables

\(n\)

\(x\)

Parameters

\(\alpha\) \(\alpha > -1\)

factor (use Maple-style input)

   hypergeometric term in \(n\) and hyperexponential term in \(x\) required