Need help with Rodrigues formula example in Riley, Hobson, Bence - Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering 3rd edition

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Can someone please show/explain to me the steps between the 2 circled formulas on the attached page #582 from Riley, Hobson, Bence - Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering 3rd edition.

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We can write the recurrence relation as [itex]K_l = \frac{2l}{2l+1} K_{l-1}[/itex].
We get the formula on the left-hand side when we substitute [itex]K_{l-1}[/itex] with [itex]K_{l-1} = \frac{2l-1}{2(l-1)+1} K_{l-1-1}[/itex].
We can repeat this process until we get to [itex]l = 1[/itex] and [itex]K_0[/itex] (because of the assumption just below the grey box).
The part most on the right of the circle below is a compact way to write this product.
 
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Could you please explain where does the 2nd ## 2^l l! ## term in ## 2^l l! \frac{2^l l!}{(2l+1)!} 2 ## in the lower circle come from? It has two ## 2^l l! ## terms in the numerator.
 
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Can someone else please try to explain this to me?