LEGENDRE EQUATION


Meaning of LEGENDRE EQUATION in English

Math.

a differential equation of the form (1- x 2 ) d 2 y/dx 2 - 2 x dy/dx + a ( a + 1) y = 0, where a is an arbitrary constant.

[ 1880-85; after A. M. LEGENDRE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .