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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/05.10.17.0002.01









  


  










Input Form





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










Standard Form





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MathML Form







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Rule Form





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