lobatto_polynomial


lobatto_polynomial, a C code which evaluates the completed Lobatto polynomial and associated functions.

The completed Lobatto polynomial Lo(n,x) can be defined by:

        Lo(n,x) = n * ( P(n-1,x) - x * P(n,x) )
      
where n is a positive integer called the order, x is a real value between -1 and +1, and P(n,x) is the Legendre polynomial.

The completed Lobatto polynomial Lo(n,x) has degree n+1, and is zero at x = -1 and x = +1.

GNUPLOT is used to create images of some of the functions.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license

Languages:

lobatto_polynomial is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version.

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Reference:

  1. Milton Abramowitz, Irene Stegun,
    Handbook of Mathematical Functions,
    National Bureau of Standards, 1964,
    ISBN: 0-486-61272-4,
    LC: QA47.A34.
  2. Larry Andrews,
    Special Functions of Mathematics for Engineers,
    Second Edition,
    Oxford University Press, 1998,
    ISBN: 0819426164,
    LC: QA351.A75.
  3. Daniel Zwillinger, editor,
    CRC Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulae,
    30th Edition,
    CRC Press, 1996.

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Last revised on 12 July 2019.