A naive procedure for computing angular spheroidal functions
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Lamé, Mathieu, and spheroidal wave functions (33E10) Numerical approximation and evaluation of special functions (33F05) Numerical approximation of eigenvalues and of other parts of the spectrum of ordinary differential operators (34L16) Computation of special functions and constants, construction of tables (65D20)
Abstract: An algorithm for computing eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of the angular spheroidal wave equation, based on a known but scarcely used method, is developed. By requiring the regularity of the wave function, represented by its series expansion, the eigenvalues appear as the zeros of a one variable function easily computable. The iterative extended Newton method is suggested as especially suitable for determining those zeros. The computation of the eigenfunctions is then immediate. The usefulness of the method, applicable also in the case of complex values of the "prolateness" parameter, is illustrated by comparing its results with those of procedures used by other authors.
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