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SphericalHarmonicY
SphericalHarmonicY
[
l
,
m
,
,
]
gives the spherical harmonic
.
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Mathematical function, suitable for both symbolic and numerical manipulation.
The spherical harmonics are orthonormal with respect to integration over the surface of the unit sphere.
For
,
where
is the associated Legendre function.
For
,
.
For certain special arguments,
SphericalHarmonicY
automatically evaluates to exact values.
SphericalHarmonicY
can be evaluated to arbitrary numerical precision.
SphericalHarmonicY
automatically threads over lists.
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SEE ALSO
LegendreP
ClebschGordan
SphericalBesselJ
ZernikeR
TUTORIALS
Orthogonal Polynomials
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, 
]
. 
, 
where 
is the associated Legendre function. 
, 
.
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