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29 Lamé FunctionsLamé Polynomials

§29.14 Orthogonality

Lamé polynomials are orthogonal in two ways. First, the orthogonality relations (29.3.19) apply; see §29.12(i). Secondly, the system of functions

29.14.1 f_{n}^{m}(s,t)=\mathit{uE}^{m}_{2n}\left(s,k^{2}\right)\mathit{uE}^{m}_{2n}%
\left(K+\mathrm{i}t,k^{2}\right),n=0,1,2,\dots, m=0,1,\dots,n,

is orthogonal and complete with respect to the inner product

where

Each of the following seven systems is orthogonal and complete with respect to the inner product (29.14.2):

In each system n ranges over all nonnegative integers and m=0,1,\dots,n. When combined, all eight systems (29.14.1) and (29.14.4)–(29.14.10) form an orthogonal and complete system with respect to the inner product

with w(s,t) given by (29.14.3).