SUBROUTINE TLEP PURPOSE A SERIES EXPANSION IN LEGENDRE POLYNOMIALS WITH INDEPENDENT VARIABLE X IS TRANSFORMED TO A POLYNOMIAL WITH INDEPENDENT VARIABLE Z, WHERE X=A*Z+B USAGE CALL TLEP(A,B,POL,N,C,WORK) DESCRIPTION OF PARAMETERS A - FACTOR OF LINEAR TERM IN GIVEN LINEAR TRANSFORMATION B - CONSTANT TERM IN GIVEN LINEAR TRANSFORMATION POL - COEFFICIENT VECTOR OF POLYNOMIAL (RESULTANT VALUE) COEFFICIENTS ARE ORDERED FROM LOW TO HIGH N - DIMENSION OF COEFFICIENT VECTORS POL AND C C - GIVEN COEFFICIENT VECTOR OF EXPANSION COEFFICIENTS ARE ORDERED FROM LOW TO HIGH POL AND C MAY BE IDENTICALLY LOCATED WORK - WORKING STORAGE OF DIMENSION 2*N REMARKS COEFFICIENT VECTOR C REMAINS UNCHANGED IF NOT COINCIDING WITH COEFFICIENT VECTOR POL. OPERATION IS BYPASSED IN CASE N LESS THAN 1. THE LINEAR TRANSFORMATION X=A*Z+B OR Z=(1/A)(X-B) TRANSFORMS THE RANGE (-1,+1) IN X TO THE RANGE (ZL,ZR) IN Z, WHERE ZL=-(1+B)/A AND ZR=(1-B)/A. FOR GIVEN ZL, ZR WE HAVE A=2/(ZR-ZL) AND B=-(ZR+ZL)/(ZR-ZL) SUBROUTINES AND FUNCTION SUBPROGRAMS REQUIRED NONE METHOD THE TRANSFORMATION IS BASED ON THE RECURRENCE EQUATION FOR LEGENDRE POLYNOMIALS P(N,X) P(N+1,X)=2*X*P(N,X)-P(N-1,X)-(X*P(N,X)-P(N-1,X))/(N+1), WHERE THE FIRST TERM IN BRACKETS IS THE INDEX, THE SECOND IS THE ARGUMENT. STARTING VALUES ARE P(0,X)=1, P(1,X)=X. THE TRANSFORMATION IS IMPLICITLY DEFINED BY MEANS OF X=A*Z+B TOGETHER WITH SUM(POL(I)*Z**(I-1), SUMMED OVER I FROM 1 TO N) =SUM(C(I)*P(I-1,X), SUMMED OVER I FROM 1 TO N).