19 Elliptic IntegralsLegendre’s Integrals

§19.4 Derivatives and Differential Equations

Contents
  1. §19.4(i) Derivatives
  2. §19.4(ii) Differential Equations

§19.4(i) Derivatives

§19.4(ii) Differential Equations

Let Dk=∂/∂k. Then

19.4.8 (k⁢k′2⁢Dk2+(1−3⁢k2)⁢Dk−k)⁢F⁡(ϕ,k)=−k⁢sin⁡ϕ⁢cos⁡ϕ(1−k2⁢sin2⁡ϕ)3/2,

If ϕ=π/2, then these two equations become hypergeometric differential equations (15.10.1) for K⁡(k) and E⁡(k). An analogous differential equation of third order for Π⁡(ϕ,α2,k) is given in Byrd and Friedman (1971, 118.03).