On the limitations of spherical harmonics for the solution of Laplace's equation

DOI10.1016/0021-9991(84)90131-1MaRDI QIDQ799861zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors P. R. Brazier-Smith

Publication date 1984

Published in Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9991(84)90131-1

zbMATH Keywords

divergencespherical harmonicsLaplace equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Laplace operator, Helmholtz equation (reduced wave equation), Poisson equation (35J05) Harmonic, subharmonic, superharmonic functions in higher dimensions (31B05) Series solutions to PDEs (35C10)

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• The deformation of a liquid drop by an electric field
• A comparison of numerical algorithms for Fourier extension of the first, second, and third kinds
• Comments on the summations of spherical harmonics in the geopotential evaluation theories of Deprit and others

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