don't toss your circa 1964 Abra mowitz and Stegun just yet. 

Barton Willis via Maxima-discuss <[email protected]> Sat, 11 Jul 2026 13:27:42 +0000
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Table 22.7 (page 782) of Abramowitz and Stegun (1964) gives the order-only =
recursion for the Jacobi polynomials.  This recursion is missing from Table=
 18.9.1<https://dlmf.nist.gov/18.9> <https://dlmf.nist.gov/18.9> of the DLM=
F.  Later, the DLMF gives several Jacobi polynomial recursions that involve=
 the parameters and the order.<http://dlmf.nist.gov/18.9.E4> <http://dlmf.n=
ist.gov/18.9.E4>   I didn't try, but possibly these recursions imply the or=
der-only recursion.

Lesson:  Unless you are eager to do some tedious linear algebra, don't toss=
 your 62 year old Abramowitz and Stegun just yet.

--Barton

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<span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Lesson:&nbsp; Unless you are eager to =
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