Spherical harmonic function: Series representations (formula 07.37.06.0027)

SphericalHarmonicY

$Mathematica Notation$

Hypergeometric Functions

SphericalHarmonicY[lambda,mu,theta,phi]

Series representations

Generalized power series

Expansions at cos(theta)==infinity

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Input Form

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

Standard Form

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MathML Form

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Rule Form

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Date Added to functions.wolfram.com (modification date)

2001-10-29

SphericalHarmonicY[n,m,theta,phi]