Solid harmonics and their addition theorems
- 1 February 1978
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics A: General Physics
- Vol. 11 (2) , L23-L25
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/11/2/001
Abstract
The author proves the addition theorems for solid harmonics in a short, simple and novel way. The proofs use expansions in Cartesian, rather than polar, coordinates.Keywords
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