Scalar, vector and tensor harmonics on the three-sphere

DOI10.1007/S10714-017-2303-YzbMATH Open1377.83006arXiv1709.08020OpenAlexW3103047937MaRDI QIDQ1688892FDOQ1688892

Authors: Lee Lindblom, Nicholas W. Taylor, Fan Zhang 

Publication date: 12 January 2018

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Scalar, vector and tensor harmonics on the three-sphere were introduced originally to facilitate the study of various problems in gravitational physics. These harmonics are defined as eigenfunctions of the covariant Laplace operator which satisfy certain divergence and trace identities, and ortho-normality conditions. This paper provides a summary of these properties, along with a new notation that simplifies and clarifies some of the key expressions. Practical methods are described for accurately and efficiently computing these harmonics numerically, and test results are given that illustrate how well the analytical identities are satisfied by the harmonics computed numerically in this way.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.08020

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zbMATH Keywords

spherical harmonicsthree spherecovariant Laplace operatorscalar, vector and tensor harmonics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Trigonometric approximation (42A10) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05)

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