On parameter derivatives of the associated Legendre function of the first kind (with applications to the construction of the associated Legendre function of the second kind of integer degree and order)

A relationship between partial derivatives of the associated Legendre function of the first kind with respect to its degree, $[\partial P_ν^{m}(z)/\partialν]_{ν=n}$, and to its order, $[\partial P_{n}^μ(z)/\partialμ]_{μ=m}$, is established for $m,n\in\mathbb{N}$. This relationship is used to deduce four new closed-form representations of $[\partial P_ν^{m}(z)/\partialν]_{ν=n}$ from those found recently for $[\partial P_{n}^μ(z)/\partialμ]_{μ=m}$ by the present author [R. Szmytkowski, J. Math. Chem. 46 (2009) 231]. Several new expressions for the associated Legendre function of the second kind of integer degree and order, $Q_{n}^{m}(z)$, suitable for numerical purposes, are also derived.