Revisiting the concentration problem of vector fields within a spherical cap: a commuting differential operator solution

DOI10.1007/S00041-014-9324-7zbMATH Open1317.33010arXiv1302.5261OpenAlexW2052448522MaRDI QIDQ485240FDOQ485240

Authors: Kornél Jahn, Nándor Bokor 

Publication date: 9 January 2015

Published in: The Journal of Fourier Analysis and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We propose a novel basis of vector functions, the mixed vector spherical harmonics that are closely related to the functions $F_{lm}$ of Sheppard and T"or"ok and help us reduce the concentration problem of tangential vector fields within a spherical cap to an equivalent scalar problem. Exploiting an analogy with previous results published by Gr"unbaum and his colleagues, we construct a differential operator that commutes with the concentration operator of this scalar problem and propose a stable and convenient method to obtain its eigenfunctions. Having obtained the scalar eigenfunctions, the calculation of tangential vector Slepian functions is straightforward.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1302.5261

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zbMATH Keywords

eigenvalue problemvector spherical harmonicsbandlimited functioncommuting differential operatorconcentration problemspherical cap

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Spherical harmonics (33C55) Fourier series in special orthogonal functions (Legendre polynomials, Walsh functions, etc.) (42C10) Other special orthogonal polynomials and functions (33C47) Linear operators in reproducing-kernel Hilbert spaces (including de Branges, de Branges-Rovnyak, and other structured spaces) (47B32)

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Uses Software

• LAPACK
• sapa

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