spherical_harmonics: Spherical Harmonics

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Spherical Harmonics

Description

Functions to compute spherical harmonics and related functions.

Usage

spherical_harmonic(n, m, theta, phi)

spherical_harmonic_r(n, m, theta, phi)

spherical_harmonic_i(n, m, theta, phi)

Arguments

n	Degree of the spherical harmonic
m	Order of the spherical harmonic
theta	Polar angle (colatitude)
phi	Azimuthal angle (longitude)

Value

A single complex value with the computed spherical harmonic function, or its real and imaginary parts.

See Also

Boost Documentation

Examples

# Spherical harmonic function Y_2^1(0.5, 0.5)
spherical_harmonic(2, 1, 0.5, 0.5)
# Real part of the spherical harmonic function Y_2^1(0.5, 0.5)
spherical_harmonic_r(2, 1, 0.5, 0.5)
# Imaginary part of the spherical harmonic function Y_2^1(0.5, 0.5)
spherical_harmonic_i(2, 1, 0.5, 0.5)

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