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SphericalHarmonicY






Mathematica Notation

Traditional Notation









Hypergeometric Functions > SphericalHarmonicY[lambda,mu,theta,phi] > Series representations > Generalized power series > Expansions at cos(theta/2)==0





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Input Form





SphericalHarmonicY[n, m, \[CurlyTheta], \[CurlyPhi]] == ((-1)^(n + m) Sqrt[((2 n + 1) (n - m)!)/(4 Pi (n + m)!)] E^(I \[CurlyPhi] m) Sin[\[CurlyTheta]/2]^m Cos[\[CurlyTheta]/2]^m Sum[((Pochhammer[-n, k + m] Pochhammer[n + 1, k + m])/((k + m)! k!)) Cos[\[CurlyTheta]/2]^(2 k), {k, 0, n - m}])/ ((Csc[\[CurlyTheta]/2]^2)^(m/2) (Sin[\[CurlyTheta]/2]^2)^(m/2)) /; Element[n, Integers] && n >= 0 && Element[m, Integers] && Abs[m] <= n










Standard Form





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Rule Form





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