Chebyshev's differential equation
Chebyshev's differential equation
[′cheb·ə·shəfs dif·ə′ren·chəl i′kwā·zhən] (mathematics)
A special case of Gauss' hypergeometric second-order differential equation: (1 -x 2)ƒ″(x) -x ƒ′(x) + n 2ƒ(x) = 0.
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