Spherical Harmonics
Spherical Harmonics
Spherical harmonics give the angular part of the solution to Laplace's equation in spherical coordinates. They arise in many practical situations, notably atomic orbitals, particle scattering processes and antenna radiation patterns.
Details
Details
In physical settings, the degree is normally called the orbital quantum number and the order the magnetic quantum number.
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Permanent Citation
Permanent Citation
Stephen Wolfram
"Spherical Harmonics"
http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/SphericalHarmonics/
Wolfram Demonstrations Project
Published: January 25, 2011