Definition:Sectoral Harmonic
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This page is about Sectoral Harmonic. For other uses, see harmonic.
Definition
A sectoral harmonic is a surface harmonic in the form:
- $\cos m \phi \, \map { {P_n}^m} {\cos \theta}$
or:
- $\sin m \phi \, \map { {P_n}^m} {\cos \theta}$
such that $m = n$.
Also see
- Definition:Tesseral Harmonic, for the case where $m < n$
- Results about sectoral harmonics can be found here.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): harmonic
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): harmonic: 2.