連續q勒讓德多項式

連續勒讓德多項式是一個以基本超幾何函數定義的正交多項式^[1]

$P_{n}(x|q)=\;_{4}\phi _{3}\left({\begin{matrix}q^{-n}&q^{n+1}&q^{1/4}e^{i\theta }&a^{1/4}e^{-i\theta }&\\q&-q^{1/2}&-q\end{matrix}};q,q\right)$

極限關係

令連續q勒讓德多項式 q->1 得勒讓德多項式

$\lim _{q\to 1}P_{n}(x|q)=P_{n}(x)$

驗證5階連續q勒讓德多項式→勒讓德多項式

$\lim _{q\to 1}P_{5}(x|q)=P_{5}(x)$

由定義， $P_{5}(x|q)=1+\left(1-{q}^{-5}\right)\left(1-{q}^{-4}\right)\left(1-{q}^{-3}\right)\left(1-{q}^{6}\right)\left(1-{q}^{7}\right)\left(1-{q}^{8}\right)\left(1-{\sqrt[{4}]{q}}\left(x+i{\sqrt {1-{x}^{2}}}\right)\right)\left(1-{q}^{5/4}\left(x+i{\sqrt {1-{x}^{2}}}\right)\right)\left(1-{q}^{9/4}\left(x+i{\sqrt {1-{x}^{2}}}\right)\right)\left(1-{\frac {\sqrt[{4}]{q}}{x+i{\sqrt {1-{x}^{2}}}}}\right)\left(1-{\frac {{q}^{5/4}}{x+i{\sqrt {1-{x}^{2}}}}}\right)\left(1-{\frac {{q}^{9/4}}{x+i{\sqrt {1-{x}^{2}}}}}\right){q}^{3}\left(1-q\right)^{-2}\left(1-{q}^{2}\right)^{-2}\left(1-{q}^{3}\right)^{-2}\left(1+{\sqrt {q}}\right)^{-1}\left(1+{q}^{3/2}\right)^{-1}\left(1+{q}^{5/2}\right)^{-1}\left(1+q\right)^{-1}\left(1+{q}^{2}\right)^{-1}\left(1+{q}^{3}\right)^{-1}+\left(1-{q}^{-5}\right)\left(1-{q}^{-4}\right)\left(1-{q}^{-3}\right)\left(1-{q}^{-2}\right)\left(1-{q}^{6}\right)\left(1-{q}^{7}\right)\left(1-{q}^{8}\right)\left(1-{q}^{9}\right)\left(1-{\sqrt[{4}]{q}}\left(x+i{\sqrt {1-{x}^{2}}}\right)\right)\left(1-{q}^{5/4}\left(x+i{\sqrt {1-{x}^{2}}}\right)\right)\left(1-{q}^{9/4}\left(x+i{\sqrt {1-{x}^{2}}}\right)\right)\left(1-{q}^{\frac {13}{4}}\left(x+i{\sqrt {1-{x}^{2}}}\right)\right)\left(1-{\frac {\sqrt[{4}]{q}}{x+i{\sqrt {1-{x}^{2}}}}}\right)\left(1-{\frac {{q}^{5/4}}{x+i{\sqrt {1-{x}^{2}}}}}\right)\left(1-{\frac {{q}^{9/4}}{x+i{\sqrt {1-{x}^{2}}}}}\right)\left(1-{q}^{\frac {13}{4}}\left(x+i{\sqrt {1-{x}^{2}}}\right)^{-1}\right){q}^{4}\left(1-q\right)^{-2}\left(1-{q}^{2}\right)^{-2}\left(1-{q}^{3}\right)^{-2}\left(1-{q}^{4}\right)^{-2}\left(1+{\sqrt {q}}\right)^{-1}\left(1+{q}^{3/2}\right)^{-1}\left(1+{q}^{5/2}\right)^{-1}\left(1+{q}^{7/2}\right)^{-1}\left(1+q\right)^{-1}\left(1+{q}^{2}\right)^{-1}\left(1+{q}^{3}\right)^{-1}\left(1+{q}^{4}\right)^{-1}+\left(1-{q}^{-5}\right)\left(1-{q}^{-4}\right)\left(1-{q}^{-3}\right)\left(1-{q}^{-2}\right)\left(1-{q}^{-1}\right)\left(1-{q}^{6}\right)\left(1-{q}^{7}\right)\left(1-{q}^{8}\right)\left(1-{q}^{9}\right)\left(1-{q}^{10}\right)\left(1-{\sqrt[{4}]{q}}\left(x+i{\sqrt {1-{x}^{2}}}\right)\right)\left(1-{q}^{5/4}\left(x+i{\sqrt {1-{x}^{2}}}\right)\right)\left(1-{q}^{9/4}\left(x+i{\sqrt {1-{x}^{2}}}\right)\right)\left(1-{q}^{\frac {13}{4}}\left(x+i{\sqrt {1-{x}^{2}}}\right)\right)\left(1-{q}^{\frac {17}{4}}\left(x+i{\sqrt {1-{x}^{2}}}\right)\right)\left(1-{\frac {\sqrt[{4}]{q}}{x+i{\sqrt {1-{x}^{2}}}}}\right)\left(1-{\frac {{q}^{5/4}}{x+i{\sqrt {1-{x}^{2}}}}}\right)\left(1-{\frac {{q}^{9/4}}{x+i{\sqrt {1-{x}^{2}}}}}\right)\left(1-{q}^{\frac {13}{4}}\left(x+i{\sqrt {1-{x}^{2}}}\right)^{-1}\right)\left(1-{q}^{\frac {17}{4}}\left(x+i{\sqrt {1-{x}^{2}}}\right)^{-1}\right){q}^{5}\left(1-q\right)^{-2}\left(1-{q}^{2}\right)^{-2}\left(1-{q}^{3}\right)^{-2}\left(1-{q}^{4}\right)^{-2}\left(1-{q}^{5}\right)^{-2}\left(1+{\sqrt {q}}\right)^{-1}\left(1+{q}^{3/2}\right)^{-1}\left(1+{q}^{5/2}\right)^{-1}\left(1+{q}^{7/2}\right)^{-1}\left(1+{q}^{9/2}\right)^{-1}\left(1+q\right)^{-1}\left(1+{q}^{2}\right)^{-1}\left(1+{q}^{3}\right)^{-1}\left(1+{q}^{4}\right)^{-1}\left(1+{q}^{5}\right)^{-1}-{\frac {{q}^{5/4}}{\left(1-q\right)^{2}\left(1+{\sqrt {q}}\right)\left(1+q\right)\left(x+i{\sqrt {1-{x}^{2}}}\right)}}-{\frac {{q}^{5/4}\left(x+i{\sqrt {1-{x}^{2}}}\right)}{\left(1-q\right)^{2}\left(1+{\sqrt {q}}\right)\left(1+q\right)}}+{q}^{\frac {29}{4}}\left(1-q\right)^{-2}\left(1+{\sqrt {q}}\right)^{-1}\left(1+q\right)^{-1}\left(x+i{\sqrt {1-{x}^{2}}}\right)^{-1}+{q}^{\frac {29}{4}}\left(x+i{\sqrt {1-{x}^{2}}}\right)\left(1-q\right)^{-2}\left(1+{\sqrt {q}}\right)^{-1}\left(1+q\right)^{-1}+{q}^{-{\frac {15}{4}}}\left(1-q\right)^{-2}\left(1+{\sqrt {q}}\right)^{-1}\left(1+q\right)^{-1}\left(x+i{\sqrt {1-{x}^{2}}}\right)^{-1}+\left(x+i{\sqrt {1-{x}^{2}}}\right){q}^{-{\frac {15}{4}}}\left(1-q\right)^{-2}\left(1+{\sqrt {q}}\right)^{-1}\left(1+q\right)^{-1}-{\frac {{q}^{9/4}}{\left(1-q\right)^{2}\left(1+{\sqrt {q}}\right)\left(1+q\right)\left(x+i{\sqrt {1-{x}^{2}}}\right)}}-{\frac {{q}^{9/4}\left(x+i{\sqrt {1-{x}^{2}}}\right)}{\left(1-q\right)^{2}\left(1+{\sqrt {q}}\right)\left(1+q\right)}}+\left(1-{q}^{-5}\right)\left(1-{q}^{-4}\right)\left(1-{q}^{6}\right)\left(1-{q}^{7}\right)\left(1-{\sqrt[{4}]{q}}\left(x+i{\sqrt {1-{x}^{2}}}\right)\right)\left(1-{q}^{5/4}\left(x+i{\sqrt {1-{x}^{2}}}\right)\right)\left(1-{\frac {\sqrt[{4}]{q}}{x+i{\sqrt {1-{x}^{2}}}}}\right)\left(1-{\frac {{q}^{5/4}}{x+i{\sqrt {1-{x}^{2}}}}}\right){q}^{2}\left(1-q\right)^{-2}\left(1-{q}^{2}\right)^{-2}\left(1+{\sqrt {q}}\right)^{-1}\left(1+{q}^{3/2}\right)^{-1}\left(1+q\right)^{-1}\left(1+{q}^{2}\right)^{-1}+{\frac {q}{\left(1-q\right)^{2}\left(1+{\sqrt {q}}\right)\left(1+q\right)}}+{\frac {{q}^{3/2}}{\left(1-q\right)^{2}\left(1+{\sqrt {q}}\right)\left(1+q\right)}}-{\frac {{q}^{7}}{\left(1-q\right)^{2}\left(1+{\sqrt {q}}\right)\left(1+q\right)}}-{\frac {{q}^{15/2}}{\left(1-q\right)^{2}\left(1+{\sqrt {q}}\right)\left(1+q\right)}}-{\frac {1}{{q}^{4}\left(1-q\right)^{2}\left(1+{\sqrt {q}}\right)\left(1+q\right)}}-{\frac {1}{{q}^{7/2}\left(1-q\right)^{2}\left(1+{\sqrt {q}}\right)\left(1+q\right)}}+{\frac {{q}^{2}}{\left(1-q\right)^{2}\left(1+{\sqrt {q}}\right)\left(1+q\right)}}+{\frac {{q}^{5/2}}{\left(1-q\right)^{2}\left(1+{\sqrt {q}}\right)\left(1+q\right)}}\cdots$