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Legendre’s differential equation and its Hyers-Ulam stability. (English) Zbl 1153.34306
Summary: We solve the nonhomogeneous Legendre’s differential equation and apply this result to obtaining a partial solution to the Hyers-Ulam stability problem for the Legendre’s equation.

##### MSC:
 34A30 Linear ordinary differential equations and systems 34D99 Stability theory for ordinary differential equations 34A40 Differential inequalities involving functions of a single real variable
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