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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 (valid for ∣x∣≤1|x| \le 1, 0≤t<10 \le t < 1), compute ∫−11P5(x)1−x dx\displaystyle\int_{-1}^{1}\frac{P_5(x)}{\sqrt{1 - x}}\,dx.