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Mehler-Dirichlet Integral


\begin{displaymath}
P_n(\cos\alpha)={\sqrt{2}\over\pi}\int_0^\alpha {\cos[(n+{\textstyle{1\over 2}})\phi]\over\sqrt{\cos\phi-\cos\alpha}}\,d\phi,
\end{displaymath}

where $P_n(x)$ is a Legendre Polynomial.




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1999-05-26