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

DOI10.1016/0021-9991(84)90131-1zbMath0548.35015OpenAlexW2023083541MaRDI QIDQ799861

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

spherical harmonicsdivergenceLaplace equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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