where azimuthal symmetry is not present.
[caution Care must be taken in correctly identifying the arguments to this
-function: [theta][space] is taken as the polar (colatitudinal) coordinate
-with [theta][space] in \[0, [pi]\], and [phi][space] as the azimuthal (longitudinal)
-coordinate with [phi][space] in \[0,2[pi]). This is the convention used in Physics,
+function: [theta] is taken as the polar (colatitudinal) coordinate
+with [theta] in \[0, [pi]\], and [phi]as the azimuthal (longitudinal)
+coordinate with [phi]in \[0,2[pi]). This is the convention used in Physics,
and matches the definition used by
[@http://documents.wolfram.com/mathematica/functions/SphericalHarmonicY
Mathematica in the function SpericalHarmonicY],
This implementation returns zero for m > n
-For [theta][space] outside \[0, [pi]\] and [phi][space] outside \[0, 2[pi]\] this
+For [theta] outside \[0, [pi]\] and [phi] outside \[0, 2[pi]\] this
implementation follows the convention used by Mathematica:
-the function is periodic with period [pi][space] in [theta][space] and 2[pi][space] in
+the function is periodic with period [pi] in [theta] and 2[pi] in
[phi]. Please note that this is not the behaviour one would get
from a casual application of the function's definition. Cautious users
-should keep [theta][space] and [phi][space] to the range \[0, [pi]\] and
+should keep [theta] and [phi] to the range \[0, [pi]\] and
\[0, 2[pi]\] respectively.
See: [@http://mathworld.wolfram.com/SphericalHarmonic.html
rates for these functions is the need to calculate values near the roots
of the associated Legendre functions.
-[endsect][/section:beta_function The Beta Function]
+[endsect] [/section:beta_function The Beta Function]
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