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variants of this functions
SphericalHarmonicY




Mathematica Notation

Traditional Notation









Polynomials > SphericalHarmonicY[n,m,theta,phi] > Identities > Recurrence identities > Consecutive neighbors





http://functions.wolfram.com/05.10.17.0001.01









  


  








Input Form





SphericalHarmonicY[n, m, \[CurlyTheta], \[CurlyPhi]] == Sqrt[((2 n + 1) (2 n + 3))/((n - m + 1) (n + m + 1))] Cos[\[CurlyTheta]] SphericalHarmonicY[n + 1, m, \[CurlyTheta], \[CurlyPhi]] + (-Sqrt[((2 n + 1) (n - m + 2) (n + m + 2))/((2 n + 5) (n + m + 1) (n - m + 1))]) SphericalHarmonicY[n + 2, m, \[CurlyTheta], \[CurlyPhi]]








Standard Form





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MathML Form







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Rule Form





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