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# scipy.special.lpmn

`scipy.special.``lpmn`(m, n, z)

  Associated Legendre function of the first kind, Pmn(z)

  Computes the associated Legendre function of the first kind of order m and degree n,:

      Pmn(z) = P_n^m(z)

  and its derivative, `Pmn'(z)`. Returns two arrays of size `(m+1, n+1)` containing `Pmn(z)` and `Pmn'(z)` for all orders from `0..m` and degrees from `0..n`.

  This function takes a real argument `z`. For complex arguments `z` use clpmn instead.

  Parameters: | m : int `|m| <= n`; the order of the Legendre function. n : int where `n >= 0`; the degree of the Legendre function. Often called `l` (lower case L) in descriptions of the associated Legendre function z : float Input value.
  Returns: | Pmn_z : (m+1, n+1) array Values for all orders 0..m and degrees 0..n Pmn_d_z : (m+1, n+1) array Derivatives for all orders 0..m and degrees 0..n

  See also

  `clpmn`
    associated Legendre functions of the first kind for complex z

  Notes

  In the interval (-1, 1), Ferrer’s function of the first kind is returned. The phase convention used for the intervals (1, inf) and (-inf, -1) is such that the result is always real.

  References

  [R288] | NIST Digital Library of Mathematical Functions http://dlmf.nist.gov/14.3