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An addition theorem for spherical harmonics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Y. Tikochinsky
Affiliation:
Department of Theoretical Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

Summary

An addition theorem, expressing the spherical harmonics in terms of the spherical harmonics and , is derived.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1967

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(5) See, for example, Erdélyi, A., Higher transcendental functions, vol. I, McGraw-Hill; New York, 1953.Google Scholar
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