source: trunk/sources/ALGLIB/legendre.cs @ 2563

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*************************************************************************/

using System;

namespace alglib
{
    public class legendre
    {
        /*************************************************************************
        Calculation of the value of the Legendre polynomial Pn.

        Parameters:
            n   -   degree, n>=0
            x   -   argument

        Result:
            the value of the Legendre polynomial Pn at x
        *************************************************************************/
        public static double legendrecalculate(int n,
            double x)
        {
            double result = 0;
            double a = 0;
            double b = 0;
            int i = 0;

            result = 1;
            a = 1;
            b = x;
            if( n==0 )
            {
                result = a;
                return result;
            }
            if( n==1 )
            {
                result = b;
                return result;
            }
            for(i=2; i<=n; i++)
            {
                result = ((2*i-1)*x*b-(i-1)*a)/i;
                a = b;
                b = result;
            }
            return result;
        }


        /*************************************************************************
        Summation of Legendre polynomials using Clenshaw’s recurrence formula.

        This routine calculates
            c[0]*P0(x) + c[1]*P1(x) + ... + c[N]*PN(x)

        Parameters:
            n   -   degree, n>=0
            x   -   argument

        Result:
            the value of the Legendre polynomial at x
        *************************************************************************/
        public static double legendresum(ref double[] c,
            int n,
            double x)
        {
            double result = 0;
            double b1 = 0;
            double b2 = 0;
            int i = 0;

            b1 = 0;
            b2 = 0;
            for(i=n; i>=0; i--)
            {
                result = (2*i+1)*x*b1/(i+1)-(i+1)*b2/(i+2)+c[i];
                b2 = b1;
                b1 = result;
            }
            return result;
        }


        /*************************************************************************
        Representation of Pn as C[0] + C[1]*X + ... + C[N]*X^N

        Input parameters:
            N   -   polynomial degree, n>=0

        Output parameters:
            C   -   coefficients
        *************************************************************************/
        public static void legendrecoefficients(int n,
            ref double[] c)
        {
            int i = 0;

            c = new double[n+1];
            for(i=0; i<=n; i++)
            {
                c[i] = 0;
            }
            c[n] = 1;
            for(i=1; i<=n; i++)
            {
                c[n] = c[n]*(n+i)/2/i;
            }
            for(i=0; i<=n/2-1; i++)
            {
                c[n-2*(i+1)] = -(c[n-2*i]*(n-2*i)*(n-2*i-1)/2/(i+1)/(2*(n-i)-1));
            }
        }
    }
}