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Tutorial-5 (Special Functions)

The document outlines a tutorial for MATH-III at BITS Pilani, focusing on Legendre polynomials and Bessel functions. It includes problems related to generating functions, recurrence relations, polynomial expressions, and properties of Bessel functions. The tutorial aims to establish various mathematical proofs and series expansions relevant to the course material.

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Tutorial-5 (Special Functions)

The document outlines a tutorial for MATH-III at BITS Pilani, focusing on Legendre polynomials and Bessel functions. It includes problems related to generating functions, recurrence relations, polynomial expressions, and properties of Bessel functions. The tutorial aims to establish various mathematical proofs and series expansions relevant to the course material.

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BITS, PILANI - K. K.

BIRLA GOA CAMPUS


First Semester 2023-24
MATH- III Tutorial - 5

1 Using the generating function of the Legendre polynomials prove the following:

(a) Pn (1) = 1 (b) Pn (−1) = (−1)n


1.3.5 · · · 2n − 1
(c) P2n+1 (0) = 0 (c) P2n (0) = (−1)n .
2n n!

2 Establish the following recurrence relations for Pn (x)

(a) (n + 1)Pn+1 (x) = (2n + 1)xPn (x) − nPn−1 (x)


Z 1
2n
(b) xPn (x)Pn−1 (x)dx = 2
−1 4n − 1
′ ′
(c) Pn+1 (x) − xPn (x) − (n + 1)Pn (x) = 0.

3 Express f (x) = 3x4 + 5x − 2 as a linear combination of Pn (x), n = 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4,


where Pn (x) are Legendre polynomials.

4 If p(x) is a polynomial of degree n ≥ 1 such that


Z 1
xk p(x)dx = 0, for k = 0, 1, · · · , n − 1,
−1

show that p(x) = cPn (x) for some constant c.

5 Find the first three terms of the Legendre series of the function f (x) = sin x.

6 Show that
r r
2 2
(a) J1/2 (x) = sin x (b) J−1/2 (x) cos x
πx πx
(2n + 1)! √ √
 
1
(c) n + ! = 2n+1 π (d) Γ(1/2) = π.
2 2 n!

7 Prove that the positive zeros of J0 (x) and J1 (x) occur alternatively.

8 When n is an integer show that

(a) Jn is an even function if n is even


(b) Jn is an odd function if n is odd
(c) J−n = (−1)n Jn .

9 Show that J3 + 3J0′ + 4J0′′′ = 0.

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