Legendre 3-term recurrence

Roy Vincent L. Canseco, MSEE Jan. 2014

Orthogonal polynomials have a property that they satisfy a three-term recurrence of the form

The Legendre polynomials satisfy the following three-term recurrence

Start with k=1 to obtain P2 given that P0=1 and P1=t

k=2 , to obtain P3

k=3 , to obtain P4

lastly, k=4 , to obtain P5