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SphericalHarmonicY




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Hypergeometric Functions > SphericalHarmonicY[lambda,mu,theta,phi] > Representations through more general functions > Through hypergeometric functions > Involving 2F1





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Input Form





SphericalHarmonicY[\[Lambda], \[Mu], \[CurlyTheta], \[CurlyPhi]] == (1/(2 Gamma[1 - \[Mu]])) Sqrt[(2 \[Lambda] + 1)/Pi] (Sqrt[Gamma[\[Lambda] - \[Mu] + 1]]/Sqrt[Gamma[\[Lambda] + \[Mu] + 1]]) E^(I \[CurlyPhi] \[Mu]) ((Cos[\[CurlyTheta]/2]^2)^(\[Mu]/2)/ (Sin[\[CurlyTheta]/2]^2)^(\[Mu]/2)) Hypergeometric2F1[-\[Lambda], \[Lambda] + 1, 1 - \[Mu], Sin[\[CurlyTheta]/2]^2] /; !(Element[\[Mu], Integers] && \[Mu] > 0)








Standard Form





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