Special functions MOC

Associated Laguerre polynomial

The associated Laguerre polynomials (also called generalized Laguerre polynomials) πΏπ‘π‘ž are polynomials of degree π‘ž defined (by one convention1) for 𝑝 β‰₯0 as fun

πΏπ‘π‘ž(π‘₯)=(βˆ’1)𝑝(𝑑𝑑π‘₯)𝑝𝐿𝑝+π‘ž(π‘₯)

where 𝐿𝑝+π‘ž is a Laguerre polynomial, or equivalently,

πΏπ‘π‘ž(π‘₯)=π‘₯βˆ’π‘π‘’π‘₯π‘ž!(𝑑𝑑π‘₯)π‘ž(π‘’βˆ’π‘₯π‘₯𝑝+π‘ž)

Mathematica

The associated Laguerre polynomial πΏπ‘π‘ž(π‘₯) may be generated in Wolfram Mathematica with LaguerreL[p,q,x].

Properties

  1. Clearly 𝐿0π‘ž =πΏπ‘ž.


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Footnotes

  1. 2018. Introduction to quantum mechanics, Β§4.2, pp. 149–150 ↩