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5. Laguerre: `L_n^{(α)}(x)`
6. Hermite: `H_n(x)`

Each of these polynomials has unique advantages and applications:

- **Legendre polynomials** are suited to problems involving spherical coordinates.
- **Chebyshev polynomials** are effective in reducing errors from numerical methods such as quadrature, interpolation, and approximation.
- **Ultraspherical polynomials** are an extension of Legendre and Chebyshev polynomials. They are useful for spherical harmonics in higher dimensions.
- **Jacobi polynomials** are useful in tailoring polynomial behavior over specific intervals, especially around boundary points.
- **Laguerre polynomials** are suited to problems involving exponential growth and decay due to their semi-infinite domain.
- **Hermite polynomials** are used in fields involving Gaussian distributions such as quantum mechanics, probability analysis, and signal processing.

These are just a few key applications of these polynomials. They have many more uses across mathematics, physics, and engineering.

## Evaluation

The simplest usage of this package is to evaluate classical
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