Index L
- Lagrange interpolation ¶ ‣ §3.3(ii), §3.3(i)
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Lagrange inversion theorem ¶ ‣ §1.10(vii)
- extended ¶ ‣ §1.10(vii)
- Lagrange’s formula for reversion of series ¶ ‣ §2.2
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Laguerre functions
- associated §33.22(v)
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Laguerre polynomials §18.3, see also classical orthogonal polynomials.
- addition theorem ¶ ‣ §18.18(ii)
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applications
- Schrödinger equation §18.39(i)
- asymptotic approximations ¶ ‣ §18.15(iv), §18.15(iv)
- computation Ch.18
- continued fraction ¶ ‣ §18.13
- derivatives ¶ ‣ §18.9(iii)
- differential equations Table 18.8.1
- Dirac delta ¶ ‣ §1.17(iii)
- expansions in series of ¶ ‣ §18.18(iii), ¶ ‣ §18.18(i), ¶ ‣ §18.18(ii)
- explicit representations §18.5, ¶ ‣ §18.5(iv)
- Fourier transforms ¶ ‣ §18.17(v)
- generalized ¶ ‣ §18.1(ii)
- generating functions ¶ ‣ §18.12
- graphics Figure 18.4.5, Figure 18.4.5, Figure 18.4.6, Figure 18.4.6
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inequalities ¶ ‣ §18.14(iii), ¶ ‣ §18.14(i), ¶ ‣ §18.14(ii)
- Turan-type ¶ ‣ §18.14(ii)
- integral representations ¶ ‣ §18.10(ii), ¶ ‣ §18.10(iv), Table 18.10.1
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integrals ¶ ‣ §18.17(iv), ¶ ‣ §18.17(vi), ¶ ‣ §18.17(i)
- fractional ¶ ‣ §18.17(iv)
- indefinite ¶ ‣ §18.17(i)
- interrelations with other orthogonal polynomials Figure 18.21.1, Figure 18.21.1, ¶ ‣ §18.21(ii), ¶ ‣ §18.21(ii), ¶ ‣ §18.7(iii), ¶ ‣ §18.7(iii)
- Laplace transform ¶ ‣ §18.17(vi)
- leading coefficients Table 18.3.1
- limiting form as a Bessel function ¶ ‣ §18.11(ii)
- limits to monomials §18.6(ii)
- local maxima and minima ¶ ‣ §18.14(iii)
- Mellin transform ¶ ‣ §18.17(vii)
- monic ¶ ‣ §3.5(v)
- multiplication theorem ¶ ‣ §18.18(iii)
- normalization Table 18.3.1
- notation ¶ ‣ §18.1(ii)
- orthogonality properties Table 18.3.1
- parameter constraint Table 18.3.1, ¶ ‣ §18.5(iii)
- Poisson kernels ¶ ‣ §18.18(vii)
- recurrence relations Table 18.9.1
- relation to confluent hypergeometric functions ¶ ‣ §13.18(v), ¶ ‣ §13.6(v), ¶ ‣ §18.11(i), ¶ ‣ §18.5(iii)
- Rodrigues formula Table 18.5.1
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tables §18.41(i)
- of coefficients §18.3
- of zeros Table 3.5.6
- tables of zeros Table 3.5.7, Table 3.5.8, Table 3.5.9
- upper bounds ¶ ‣ §18.14(i)
- value at ¶ ‣ §18.6(i)
- weight function Table 18.3.1
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zeros §18.16(iv), §18.2(vi)
- asymptotic behavior ¶ ‣ §18.16(iv)
- tables Table 3.5.6
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Lambert -function §4.13
- applications §4.44
- asymptotic expansions §4.13
- computation §4.45(iii)
- definition §4.13
- graphs Figure 4.13.1, Figure 4.13.1
- integral representations §4.13
- notation §4.13
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principal branch §4.13
- other branches Figure 4.13.1, Figure 4.13.1, §4.13
- properties §4.13
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Lambert series
- number theory §27.7
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Lamé functions Ch.29
- algebraic §29.17(ii)
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applications
- conformal mapping §29.18(iv)
- physical §29.19
- rotation group §29.18(iv)
- sphero-conal coordinates §29.18(i)
- asymptotic expansions §29.7(ii)
- computation §29.20(i)
- definition §29.3(iv)
- differential equation, see Lamé’s equation.
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eigenvalues
- asymptotic expansions §29.7(i)
- coalescence §29.3(ii)
- computation §29.20(i)
- continued-fraction equation §29.3(iii)
- definition §29.3(i)
- distribution §29.3(ii)
- graphics §29.4(i), §29.4(ii)
- interlacing §29.3(ii)
- limiting forms §29.5
- notation §29.1
- parity Table 29.3.1
- periods Table 29.3.1
- power-series expansions §29.3(vii)
- special cases §29.5
- tables §29.21
- Fourier series §29.6, §29.6(iv)
- graphics §29.4(iii), §29.4(iv)
- integral equations §29.8
- limiting forms §29.5
- normalization §29.3(v)
- notation §29.1
- order §29.3(iv)
- orthogonality §29.3(vi)
- parity Table 29.3.2
- period Table 29.3.2
- relations to Heun functions §31.7(ii), §31.8
- relations to Lamé polynomials §29.12(i), §29.6(i)
- special cases §29.5
- with imaginary periods §29.10
- with real periods §29.3(iv)
- zeros §29.3(iv)
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Lamé polynomials Ch.29
- algebraic form §29.12(ii)
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applications
- ellipsoidal harmonics §29.18(iii)
- physical §29.12(iii), §29.19
- spherical harmonics §29.18(iii)
- asymptotic expansions §29.16
- Chebyshev series §29.15(ii)
- coefficients §29.20(ii)
- computation §29.20(ii)
- definition §29.12
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eigenvalues
- asymptotic expansions §29.16
- computation §29.20(ii)
- graphics §29.13(i)
- elliptic-function form §29.12(i)
- explicit formulas §29.15(ii)
- Fourier series §29.15
- graphics §29.13(ii), §29.13(iii)
- notation §29.1, §29.12(i), Table 29.12.1
- orthogonality §29.14
- periodicity §29.12(i)
- relation to Lamé functions §29.12(i), §29.6(i)
- tables §29.21
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zeros §29.12(i)
- computation §29.20(iii)
- electrostatic interpretation §29.12(iii)
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Lamé’s equation §29.2(i)
- algebraic form §29.2(i)
- eigenfunctions Table 29.3.2
- eigenvalues, see Lamé functions, eigenvalues.
- Jacobian elliptic-function form §29.2(ii)
- other forms §29.2(ii), §29.2(ii)
- relation to Heun’s equation §29.2(ii)
- second solution §29.17(i)
- singularities §29.2(i)
- stability §29.9
- trigonometric form §29.2(ii)
- Weierstrass elliptic-function form §29.2(ii)
- Lamé–Wangerin functions §29.17(iii)
- Lamé wave equation §29.11
- Lanczos tridiagonalization of a symmetric matrix §3.2(vi)
- Lanczos vectors §3.2(vi)
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Landen transformations
- Jacobian elliptic functions §22.17(ii), §22.20(iii), §22.7(i), §22.7(ii)
- theta functions §20.7(vi)
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Laplace equation
- symbols §34.12
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Laplace’s equation
- Bessel functions §10.73(i)
- for elliptical cones §29.19(i)
- spherical coordinates §14.30(iv)
- symmetric elliptic integrals §19.18(ii)
- toroidal coordinates §14.31(ii)
- Laplace’s method for asymptotic expansions of integrals §2.3(iii), §2.4(iii)
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Laplace transform
- analyticity ¶ ‣ §1.14(iii)
- asymptotic expansions for large parameters §2.3(i), §2.3(ii), §2.4(i)
- asymptotic expansions for small parameters ¶ ‣ §2.5(iii), §2.5(iii)
- convergence ¶ ‣ §1.14(iii)
- convolution ¶ ‣ §1.14(iii)
- definition §1.14(iii)
- derivatives ¶ ‣ §1.14(iii)
- differentiation ¶ ‣ §1.14(iii)
- for functions of matrix argument §35.2
- integration ¶ ‣ §1.14(iii)
- inversion ¶ ‣ §1.14(iii)
- notation §1.14(iii)
- numerical inversion ¶ ‣ §3.11(iv), ¶ ‣ §3.5(viii), ¶ ‣ §3.5(ix)
- of periodic functions ¶ ‣ §1.14(iii)
- tables §1.14(viii), Table 1.14.4
- translation ¶ ‣ §1.14(iii)
- uniqueness ¶ ‣ §1.14(iii)
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Laplacian ¶ ‣ §1.5(ii)
- cylindrical coordinates ¶ ‣ §1.5(ii)
- ellipsoidal coordinates §23.21(iii)
- numerical approximations ¶ ‣ §3.4(iii)
- oblate spheroidal coordinates §30.14(iii)
- parabolic cylinder coordinates §12.17
- polar coordinates ¶ ‣ §1.5(ii)
- prolate spheroidal coordinates §30.13(iii)
- spherical coordinates ¶ ‣ §1.5(ii)
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lattice
- for elliptic functions, see Weierstrass elliptic functions, lattice.
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lattice models of critical phenomena
- elliptic integrals §19.35(ii)
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lattice parameter
- theta functions §20.1
- lattice paths ¶ ‣ §26.2, §26.6(iv)
- lattice walks
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Laurent series §1.10(iii)
- asymptotic approximations for coefficients §2.10(iv)
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Lauricella’s function
- relation to symmetric elliptic integrals §19.25(vii)
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Lax pairs
- classical orthogonal polynomials ¶ ‣ §18.38(ii)
- Painlevé transcendents §32.4(i)
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layered materials
- elliptic integrals §19.35(ii)
- least squares approximations ¶ ‣ §3.11(v), §3.11(v)
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Lebesgue constants ¶ ‣ §1.8(i), ¶ ‣ §3.11(ii)
- asymptotic behavior ¶ ‣ §1.8(i)
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Legendre functions §14.1, see also associated Legendre functions, and Ferrers functions.
- complex degree §14.31(iii)
- Legendre functions on the cut, see Ferrers functions.
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Legendre polynomials §18.3, see also classical orthogonal polynomials.
- addition theorem ¶ ‣ §18.18(ii)
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applications
- Schrödinger equation §18.39(i)
- associated ¶ ‣ §18.30
- asymptotic approximations §18.15(iii)
- computation Ch.18
- continued fraction ¶ ‣ §18.13
- definition Table 18.3.1
- differential equation Table 18.8.1
- Dirac delta ¶ ‣ §1.17(iii)
- expansions in series of ¶ ‣ §18.18(viii), ¶ ‣ §18.18(i)
- explicit representations §18.5, ¶ ‣ §18.5(iv)
- Fourier transforms ¶ ‣ §18.17(v)
- generating functions ¶ ‣ §18.12
- graphs Figure 18.4.4, Figure 18.4.4
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inequalities ¶ ‣ §18.14(ii)
- Turan-type ¶ ‣ §18.14(ii)
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integral representations ¶ ‣ §18.10(i), Table 18.10.1
- for products ¶ ‣ §18.17(ii)
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integrals ¶ ‣ §18.17(viii), ¶ ‣ §18.17(iii)
- Nicholson-type ¶ ‣ §18.17(iii)
- interrelations with other orthogonal polynomials ¶ ‣ §18.7(i)
- large degree ¶ ‣ §2.10(iv)
- leading coefficients Table 18.3.1
- Mellin transforms ¶ ‣ §18.17(vii)
- monic ¶ ‣ §3.5(v)
- normalization Table 18.3.1
- notation ¶ ‣ §18.1(ii)
- orthogonality properties Table 18.3.1
- recurrence relations Table 18.9.1
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relations to other functions
- associated Legendre functions §14.7(i)
- Ferrers functions §14.7(i)
- hypergeometric function ¶ ‣ §15.9(i)
- symbols §34.3(vii), §34.3(vii)
- Rodrigues formula Table 18.5.1
- shifted ¶ ‣ §18.1(ii), Table 18.3.1
- special values Table 18.6.1
- symmetry Table 18.6.1
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tables §18.41(i)
- of coefficients §18.3
- of zeros Table 3.5.2
- tables of zeros Table 3.5.3, Table 3.5.4, Table 3.5.5
- weight function Table 18.3.1
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zeros §18.16(iii), §18.2(vi)
- tables Table 3.5.2
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Legendre’s elliptic integrals §19.2(ii)
- addition theorem §19.11
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applications
- mathematical Ch.19, §19.35(i)
- physical §19.35(ii)
- approximations (except asymptotic) §19.38
- arithmetic-geometric mean §19.8(i)
- asymptotic approximations §19.12
- change of amplitude §19.7(ii)
- change of modulus §19.7(ii)
- change of parameter §19.7(iii)
- circular cases §19.2(ii), §19.7(iii)
- complete §19.2(ii)
- computation ¶ ‣ §19.36(i), §19.36(iv)
- connection formulas §19.7
- derivatives §19.4(i)
- differential equations §19.4(ii)
- duplication formulas §19.11(iii)
- first, second, and third kinds §19.1
- Gauss transformation §19.8(iii)
- graphics §19.3, §19.3(ii)
- hyperbolic cases §19.2(ii), §19.7(iii)
- imaginary-argument transformations ¶ ‣ §19.7(ii)
- imaginary-modulus transformations ¶ ‣ §19.7(ii)
- incomplete §19.1
- inequalities
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integration
- with respect to amplitude §19.13(ii)
- with respect to modulus §19.13(i)
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Landen transformations
- ascending ¶ ‣ §19.8(ii)
- descending ¶ ‣ §19.8(ii)
- Laplace transforms §19.13(iii)
- limiting values §19.6
- notation §19.1
- power-series expansions §19.5, §19.5
- quadratic transformations §19.8
- reciprocal-modulus transformation ¶ ‣ §19.7(ii)
- reduction of general elliptic integrals §19.14, §19.14(ii)
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relations to other functions
- Appell functions §19.5
- function ¶ ‣ §22.16(i)
- inverse Gudermannian function §19.6(ii)
- inverse Jacobian elliptic functions §22.15(ii)
- Jacobian elliptic functions §19.10(i)
- Jacobi’s epsilon function ¶ ‣ §22.16(ii)
- Jacobi’s zeta function ¶ ‣ §22.16(iii)
- symmetric elliptic integrals §19.25(i), §19.25(iii)
- theta functions §19.10(i)
- Weierstrass elliptic functions §19.10(i)
- special cases §19.6
- tables §19.37, ¶ ‣ §19.37(iii)
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Legendre’s equation §14.2(i)
- standard solutions §14.2(i)
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Legendre’s relation
- Legendre’s elliptic integrals §19.7(iii)
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Legendre’s relation for the hypergeometric function
- generalized ¶ ‣ §15.16
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Legendre symbol
- Leibniz’s formula for derivatives ¶ ‣ §1.4(iii)
- lemniscate arc length ¶ ‣ §22.18(i)
- lemniscate constants §19.20(i), §19.20(iv)
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lengths of plane curves
- Bernoulli’s lemniscate §19.30(iii)
- ellipse §19.30(i)
- hyperbola §19.30(ii)
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Lerch’s transcendent
- definition §25.14(i)
- properties §25.14(ii)
- relation to Hurwitz zeta function §25.14(i)
- relation to polylogarithms §25.14(i)
- level-index arithmetic §3.1(iv)
- Levi-Civita symbol for vectors ¶ ‣ §1.6(ii)
- Levin’s transformations
- L’Hôpital’s rule for derivatives ¶ ‣ §1.4(iii)
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Lie algebras
- -series §17.16
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light absorption
- Voigt functions §7.21
- limit points (or limiting points) ¶ ‣ §1.9(ii)
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limits of functions
- of a complex variable ¶ ‣ §1.9(ii)
- of one variable §1.4(ii)
- of two complex variables ¶ ‣ §1.9(ii)
- of two variables §1.5(i)
- linear algebra §3.2, §3.2(vii), see also Gaussian elimination.
- linear functional §1.16(i)
- linear transformation ¶ ‣ §1.9(iv)
- line broadening function §7.19(i)
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Liouville–Green (or WKBJ) approximation ¶ ‣ §2.7(iii), §2.7(iii)
- for difference equations §2.9(iii)
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Liouville’s function
- number theory §27.2(i)
- Liouville’s theorem for entire functions ¶ ‣ §1.9(iii)
- Liouville transformation for differential equations ¶ ‣ §1.13(iv), §2.8(i)
- little -Jacobi polynomials §18.27(iv)
- locally analytic §32.2(i)
- locally integrable §2.5(i)
- local maxima and minima §18.14(iii)
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logarithm function Ch.4
- analytic properties §4.2(i)
- approximations §4.47
- branch cut Figure 4.2.1, Figure 4.2.1
- Briggs §4.2(ii)
- Chebyshev-series expansions §4.47(i)
- common §4.2(ii)
- computation ¶ ‣ §4.45(i)
- conformal maps §4.3(ii)
- continued fractions §4.9(i)
- definition §4.2(i)
- derivatives §4.7(i)
- differential equations §4.7(i)
- general base §4.2(ii)
- generalized §4.12
- general value §4.2(i)
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graphics
- complex argument Figure 4.3.3, Figure 4.3.3
- real argument Figure 4.3.1, Figure 4.3.1
- hyperbolic §4.2(ii)
- identities §4.8(i)
- inequalities §4.5(i)
- integrals §4.10(i)
- limits §4.4(iii)
- Napierian §4.2(ii)
- natural §4.2(ii)
- notation §4.1
- power series §4.6(i)
- principal value §4.2(i)
- real and imaginary parts §4.2(i)
- special values §4.4(i)
- sums §4.11
- tables §4.46
- values on the cut §4.2(i)
- zeros §4.2(i)
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logarithmic integral §6.2(i)
- asymptotic expansion §6.12(i)
- definition §6.2(i)
- graph Figure 6.16.2, Figure 6.16.2
- notation §6.1
- number-theoretic significance §6.16(ii)
- relation to exponential integrals §6.2(i)
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Lommel functions §11.9
- asymptotic expansions for large argument §11.9(iii)
- computation §11.13(i)
- definitions §11.9, §11.9(i)
- differential equation §11.9(i)
- integral representations §11.9(iv)
- integrals §11.9(iv)
- notation §11.1
- power series §11.9(i)
- reflection formulas ¶ ‣ §11.9(i)
- relation to Anger–Weber functions §11.10(vi), §11.10(vi)
- series expansions
- Lucas numbers §24.15(iv)