Orthogonal polynomials and Riesz bases applied to the solution of Love’s equation

In this paper we reinvestigate the structure of the solution of a well-known Love’s problem, related to the electrostatic field generated by two circular coaxial conducting disks, in terms of orthogonal polynomial expansions, enlightening the role of the recently introduced class of the Lucas–Lehmer polynomials. Moreover we show that the solution can be expanded more conveniently with respect to a Riesz basis obtained starting from Chebyshev polynomials.