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• Hypergeometric function [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Orthogonal polynomials [r]: Add brief definition or description

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• Legendre function [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Legendre polynomials [r]: Orthogonal polynomials in the variable −1 ≤ x ≤ 1 and weight function w(x) = 1. [e]
• Spherical harmonics [r]: A series of harmonic basis functions that can be used to describe the boundary of objects with spherical topology. [e]
• Angular momentum (quantum) [r]: A vector operator of which the three components have well-defined commutation relations. [e]
• Adrien-Marie Legendre [r]: (1752 – 1833) important French mathematician whose name lives on in the Legendre polynomials and associated Legendre functions. [e]