Solution

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Write . In the Leibniz rule for its th derivative at one, any term with fewer than derivatives on vanishes. The sole surviving term leaves undifferentiated and differentiates the second factor times, giving
The normalization in Rodrigues' formula consequently gives
The same argument covers , with both zeroth powers equal to one.

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