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Frobenius & Special Functions · Medium problem

Using the Legendre recurrence (n+1)Pn+1(x)=(2n+1)xPn(x)−nPn−1(x)(n+1)P_{n+1}(x) = (2n+1)xP_n(x) - nP_{n-1}(x) with P0=1P_0 = 1 and P1=xP_1 = x, compute P4 ⁣(12)P_4\!\left(\tfrac12\right). Express your answer as a common fraction.