org.spaceroots.mantissa.algebra

Class Legendre

java.lang.Object

org.spaceroots.mantissa.algebra.Polynomial

org.spaceroots.mantissa.algebra.Polynomial.Rational

org.spaceroots.mantissa.algebra.OrthogonalPolynomial

org.spaceroots.mantissa.algebra.Legendre

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class Legendre
extends OrthogonalPolynomial

This class implements Legendre polynomials.

Legendre polynomials can be defined by the following recurrence relations:

        P0(X)   = 1
        P1(X)   = X
  (k+1) Pk+1(X) = (2k+1) X Pk(X) - k Pk-1(X)
 

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.spaceroots.mantissa.algebra.Polynomial

Polynomial.DivisionResult, Polynomial.Double, Polynomial.Rational

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Legendre() Simple constructor.
Legendre(int degree) Simple constructor.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class org.spaceroots.mantissa.algebra.Polynomial.Rational

add, euclidianDivision, getCoefficients, getDegree, getDenominatorsLCM, getDerivative, isIdentity, isOne, isZero, multiply, multiply, multiply, negate, subtract, toString, valueAt

Methods inherited from class org.spaceroots.mantissa.algebra.Polynomial

divide, divide, divide, multiply

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Legendre

public Legendre()

Simple constructor. Build a degree 0 Legendre polynomial

Legendre

public Legendre(int degree)

Simple constructor. Build a degree d Legendre polynomial

Parameters:

degree - degree of the polynomial