Scalar, vector and tensor harmonics on the three-sphere
Scalar, vector and tensor harmonics on the three-sphere were introduced originally to facilitate the study of various problems in gravitational physics. These harmonics are defined as eigenfunctions of the covariant Laplace operator which satisfy certain divergence and trace identities, and ortho-no...
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Veröffentlicht in: | General relativity and gravitation 2017-11, Vol.49 (11), p.1-14 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Scalar, vector and tensor harmonics on the three-sphere were introduced originally to facilitate the study of various problems in gravitational physics. These harmonics are defined as eigenfunctions of the covariant Laplace operator which satisfy certain divergence and trace identities, and ortho-normality conditions. This paper provides a summary of these properties, along with a new notation that simplifies and clarifies some of the key expressions. Practical methods are described for accurately and efficiently computing these harmonics numerically, and test results are given that illustrate how well the analytical identities are satisfied by the harmonics computed numerically in this way. |
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ISSN: | 0001-7701 1572-9532 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s10714-017-2311-y |