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SphericalHarmonicY






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Polynomials > SphericalHarmonicY[n,m,theta,phi] > Summation > Finite summation > Involving Clebsch-Gordan functions





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Input Form





Sum[ClebschGordan[{Subscript[n, 1], k}, {Subscript[n, 2], M - k}, {L, M}] SphericalHarmonicY[Subscript[n, 1], k, \[CurlyTheta], \[CurlyPhi]] SphericalHarmonicY[Subscript[n, 2], M - k, \[CurlyTheta], \[CurlyPhi]], {k, Max[M - Subscript[n, 2], -Subscript[n, 1]], Min[M + Subscript[n, 2], Subscript[n, 1]]}] == Sqrt[((2 Subscript[n, 1] + 1) (2 Subscript[n, 2] + 1))/(4 Pi (2 L + 1))] ClebschGordan[{Subscript[n, 1], 0}, {Subscript[n, 2], 0}, {L, 0}] SphericalHarmonicY[L, M, \[CurlyTheta], \[CurlyPhi]] /; Element[Subscript[n, 1], Integers] && Subscript[n, 1] >= 0 && Element[Subscript[n, 2], Integers] && Subscript[n, 2] >= 0 && Element[L, Integers] && Element[M, Integers] && Abs[Subscript[n, 1] - Subscript[n, 2]] <= L <= Subscript[n, 1] + Subscript[n, 2] && -L <= M <= L










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