SLIDE 40 Decomposition on basis functions Spherical Harmonics and Associated Legendre functions
The functions Y m
l
are the eigenvalues of the Laplace-Beltrami operator −∆S defined on S. They satisfy the following orthogonality relations:
Y m1
l1 (θ, ϕ)Y m2 l2 (θ, ϕ) sin θdθdϕ = δl2 l1δm2 m1.
(84)
(− − − → gradSY m1
l1 (θ, ϕ) · −
− − → gradSY m2
l2 (θ, ϕ)) sin θdθdϕ = 0, m1 = m2, l1 = l2.
(85) − ∆SY m
l
= l(l + 1)Y m
l ,
L3Y m
l
= mY m
l ,
(86) L+Y m
l
=
l
, L−Y m
l
=
l
. (87) (2l + 1)ξPm
l
= (l − m + 1) Pm
l+1(ξ) + (l + m) Pm l−1(ξ);
(1−ξ2)∂Pm
l
∂ξ = 1 2l + 1
l−1(ξ) − l(l−m+1) Pm l+1(ξ)
l
∂ξ = 1 2
l
(ξ) − Pm+1
l
(ξ)
(88)
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