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Frobenius & Special Functions · Superchallenge problem

Using the Legendre generating function 11−2xt+t2=∑n≥0Pn(x)tn\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{1 - 2xt + t^2}} = \displaystyle\sum_{n\ge0}P_n(x)t^n and the orthogonality of the PnP_n on [−1,1][-1, 1], compute ∫−11P3(x)5/4−x dx\displaystyle\int_{-1}^{1}\frac{P_3(x)}{\sqrt{5/4 - x}}\,dx. Express your answer as a common fraction.