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SphericalHarmonicY






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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]] == E^(I \[CurlyPhi] \[Mu]) (((-1)^(\[Mu] - \[Lambda] - 1) 2^\[Lambda] Sqrt[2 \[Lambda] + 1] Sqrt[Gamma[\[Lambda] - \[Mu] + 1]] Sqrt[Gamma[\[Lambda] + \[Mu] + 1]])/(Sqrt[Pi] Gamma[2 \[Lambda] + 2] Gamma[-\[Lambda]])) (Cos[\[CurlyTheta]] - 1)^(-\[Lambda] - 1) ((Cos[\[CurlyTheta]/2]^2)^(\[Mu]/2)/(Sin[\[CurlyTheta]/2]^2)^(\[Mu]/2)) Hypergeometric2F1[\[Lambda] + 1, \[Lambda] + \[Mu] + 1, 2 + 2 \[Lambda], 2/(1 - Cos[\[CurlyTheta]])] /; Element[2 \[Lambda] + 1, Integers] && 2 \[Lambda] + 1 >= 0 && Element[\[Mu] - \[Lambda], Integers] && \[Mu] - \[Lambda] > 0 && !(Element[\[Lambda], Integers] && \[Lambda] >= 0)










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