Abstract:
Explicit formulas are established for
infinite sums of products of three or
four Legendre polynomials of
$n$th order with coefficients
$2n + 1$;
the series depends only the arguments of the
polynomials and contains no other
variables.
We show that, for the
product
of three polynomials, the sum is inverse
to the root of the product of four
sine functions and, in the case of four
polynomials, this expression additionally contains the
elliptic integral
$\mathbf{K}(k)$
as
a multiplier.
Analogs and particular
cases are considered which allow one to compare the
relationships proved in this note with
results proved in various domains of
mathematical physics and classical
functional analysis.