Definition:Spherical Harmonic
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This page is about spherical harmonic. For other uses, see harmonic.
Definition
A spherical harmonic is a solution $\phi$ to Laplace's equation in $3$ dimensions when expressed in spherical coordinates.
Also see
- Results about spherical harmonics can be found here.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): harmonic
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): spherical harmonic
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): harmonic: 2.
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): spherical harmonic