numpy.polynomial.legendre.legder()

Differentiate a Legendre series.

Returns the Legendre series coefficients c differentiated m times along axis. At each iteration the result is multiplied by scl (the scaling factor is for use in a linear change of variable). The argument c is an array of coefficients from low to high degree along each axis, e.g., [1,2,3] represents the series 1*L_0 + 2*L_1 + 3*L_2 while [[1,2],[1,2]] represents 1*L_0(x)*L_0(y) + 1*L_1(x)*L_0(y) + 2*L_0(x)*L_1(y) + 2*L_1(x)*L_1(y) if axis=0 is x and axis=1 is y.

Notes

In general, the result of differentiating a Legendre series does not resemble the same operation on a power series. Thus the result of this function may be ?unintuitive,? albeit correct; see Examples section below.

Examples

>>> from numpy.polynomial import legendre as L
>>> c = (1,2,3,4)
>>> L.legder(c)
array([  6.,   9.,  20.])
>>> L.legder(c, 3)
array([ 60.])
>>> L.legder(c, scl=-1)
array([ -6.,  -9., -20.])
>>> L.legder(c, 2,-1)
array([  9.,  60.])