/usr/share/octave/packages/specfun-1.1.0/laguerre.m is in octave-specfun 1.1.0-4.
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{y} = } laguerre (@var{x},@var{n})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {[@var{y} @var{p}]= } laguerre (@var{x},@var{n})
##
## Compute the value of the Laguerre polynomial of order @var{n} for each element of @var{x}
##
## @end deftypefn
function [y,p]=laguerre(x,n)
if (nargin != 2)
print_usage;
elseif (n < 0 || !isscalar (n))
error("second argument 'n' must be a positive integer");
endif
p0=1;
p1=[-1 1];
if (n==0)
p=p0;
elseif (n==1)
p=p1;
elseif (n > 1)
% recursive calculation of the polynomial coefficients
for k=2:n
p=zeros(1,k+1);
p(1) = -p1(1)/k;
p(2) = ((2*k-1)*p1(1)-p1(2))/k;
if (k > 2)
p(3:k) = ((2*k-1)*p1(2:k-1)-p1(3:k)-(k-1)*p0(1:k-2))/k;
endif
p(k+1) = ((2*k-1)*p1(k)-(k-1)*p0(k-1))/k;
p0=p1;
p1=p;
endfor
endif
y=polyval(p,x);
endfunction
%!test
%! x=rand;
%! y1=laguerre(x,0);
%! p0=[1];
%! y2=polyval(p0,x);
%! assert(y1-y2,0,eps);
%!test
%! x=rand;
%! y1=laguerre(x,1);
%! p1=[-1 1];
%! y2=polyval(p1,x);
%! assert(y1-y2,0,eps);
%!test
%! x=rand;
%! y1=laguerre(x,2);
%! p2=[.5 -2 1];
%! y2=polyval(p2,x);
%! assert(y1-y2,0,eps);
%!test
%! x=rand;
%! y1=laguerre(x,3);
%! p3=[-1/6 9/6 -18/6 1];
%! y2=polyval(p3,x);
%! assert(y1-y2,0,eps);
%!test
%! x=rand;
%! y1=laguerre(x,4);
%! p4=[1/24 -16/24 72/24 -96/24 1];
%! y2=polyval(p4,x);
%! assert(y1-y2,0,eps);
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