The downward Clenshaw recurrence formula evaluates a sum of products of indexed coefficients by functions which obey a recurrence
relation. If
 |
(1)
|
and
 |
(2)
|
where the
s
are known, then define
for
and solve backwards to obtain
and
.
 |
(5)
|
The upward Clenshaw recurrence formula is
 |
(11)
|
![y_k=1/(beta(k+1,x))[y_(k-2)-alpha(k,x)y_(k-1)-c_k]](/images/equations/ClenshawRecurrenceFormula/NumberedEquation5.svg) |
(12)
|
for
.
 |
(13)
|
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References
Press, W. H.; Flannery, B. P.; Teukolsky, S. A.; and Vetterling, W. T. "Recurrence Relations and Clenshaw's Recurrence Formula."
§5.5 in Numerical
Recipes in FORTRAN: The Art of Scientific Computing, 2nd ed. Cambridge, England:
Cambridge University Press, pp. 172-178, 1992.Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha
Clenshaw Recurrence Formula
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