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# scipy.special.lpmv

`scipy.special.``lpmv`(m, v, x) = <ufunc 'lpmv'>

  Associated Legendre function of integer order and real degree.

  Defined as

  \[P_v^m = (-1)^m (1 - x^2)^{m/2} \frac{d^m}{dx^m} P_v(x)\]

  where

  \[P_v = \sum_{k = 0}^\infty \frac{(-v)_k (v + 1)_k}{(k!)^2} \left(\frac{1 - x}{2}\right)^k\]

  is the Legendre function of the first kind. Here \((\cdot)_k\) is the Pochhammer symbol; see `poch`.

  Parameters: | m : array_like Order (int or float). If passed a float not equal to an integer the function returns NaN. v : array_like Degree (float). x : array_like Argument (float). Must have `|x| <= 1`.
  Returns: | pmv : ndarray Value of the associated Legendre function.

  See also

  `lpmn`
    Compute the associated Legendre function for all orders `0, ..., m` and degrees `0, ..., n`.
  `clpmn`
    Compute the associated Legendre function at complex arguments.

  Notes

  Note that this implementation includes the Condon-Shortley phase.

  References

  [R486] | Zhang, Jin, “Computation of Special Functions”, John Wiley and Sons, Inc, 1996.