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SphericalHarmonicY






Mathematica Notation

Traditional Notation









Hypergeometric Functions > SphericalHarmonicY[lambda,mu,theta,phi] > Representations through more general functions > Through other functions > Involving Legendre functions





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Input Form





SphericalHarmonicY[\[Lambda], \[Mu], \[CurlyTheta], \[CurlyPhi]] == (Sqrt[(2 \[Lambda] + 1)/(4 Pi)] (Sqrt[Gamma[\[Lambda] - \[Mu] + 1]]/ Sqrt[Gamma[\[Lambda] + \[Mu] + 1]]) E^(I \[CurlyPhi] \[Mu]) (1 + Cos[\[CurlyTheta]])^(\[Mu]/2) LegendreP[\[Lambda], \[Mu], 3, Cos[\[CurlyTheta]]])/(-1 - Cos[\[CurlyTheta]])^(\[Mu]/2)










Standard Form





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MathML Form







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Rule Form





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2001-10-29