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Claim

Let $P_n: \Bbb R \mapsto \Bbb R $, $n \in \Bbb N\cup\{0\}$

$P_n(x):={1\over{2^n{n!}}}{d^n\over dx^n}[(x^2-1)^n]$, then $P_n$ has n distinct roots in ]-1, 1[

Then show that below equation is fulfilled.

$(1-x^2)P_n^{''}(x) - 2xP_n^{'}(x) + n(n+1)P_n^{}(x) = 0$

Question

I had tried brute way, but it doesn't conclude to 0. and also induction doesn't work to me too.

Any other way to show this?

Beverlie
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  • Check the postings in "Related", you will see that some of them contain the answers you are looking for. – Sungjin Kim May 18 '17 at 01:52
  • See my post on https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/580886/proof-legendre-polynomials-solving-the-corresponding-differential-equation/765533#765533 – Maestro13 Jun 14 '17 at 16:34

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