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Integral involving square of associated Laguerre polynomial and sperical bessel function

In a quantum mechanical problem I encountered the integral $$I_k=\int_0^\infty x^{2(l+1)-k}j_k(\sigma x)e^{-x}[L_{n-l-1}^{2l+1}(x)]^2 dx,$$ where $j_k(x)$ is a spherical Bessel function, and $\sigma$ ...
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Matrix integrals in combinatorics, for dummies

This is actually about one particular question that I posted a while ago, "Special" meanders. Among several approaches tried is a huge subclass of approaches which can be generated from ...
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Positivity of the Coulomb energy in two dimensions

In dimensions $d\geq 3$ the Coulomb energy is always non-negative (since the Fourier transform of $\frac{1}{\|\cdot\|^{d-2}}$ is non-negative). What can one say about positivity properties of the ...
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