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#include <SphericalHarmonic.hpp>
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enum | normalization { FULL, SCHMIDT } |
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CircularEngine | Circle (real p, real z, bool gradp) const |
const SphericalEngine::coeff & | Coefficients () const |
Math::real | operator() (real x, real y, real z) const |
Math::real | operator() (real x, real y, real z, real &gradx, real &grady, real &gradz) const |
SphericalHarmonic () | |
SphericalHarmonic (const std::vector< real > &C, const std::vector< real > &S, int N, int nmx, int mmx, real a, unsigned norm=FULL) | |
SphericalHarmonic (const std::vector< real > &C, const std::vector< real > &S, int N, real a, unsigned norm=FULL) | |
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typedef Math::real | real |
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real | _a |
SphericalEngine::coeff | _c [1] |
unsigned | _norm |
Spherical harmonic series.
This class evaluates the spherical harmonic sum
V(x, y, z) = sum(n = 0..N)[ q^(n+1) * sum(m = 0..n)[ (C[n,m] * cos(m*lambda) + S[n,m] * sin(m*lambda)) * P[n,m](cos(theta)) ] ]
where
Two normalizations are supported for Pnm
Clenshaw summation is used for the sums over both n and m. This allows the computation to be carried out without the need for any temporary arrays. See SphericalEngine.cpp for more information on the implementation.
References:
Example of use:
Definition at line 69 of file SphericalHarmonic.hpp.
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Definition at line 122 of file SphericalHarmonic.hpp.
Supported normalizations for the associated Legendre polynomials.
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FULL | Fully normalized associated Legendre polynomials. These are defined by Pnmfull(z) = (−1)m sqrt(k (2n + 1) (n − m)! / (n + m)!) Pnm(z), where Pnm(z) is Ferrers function (also known as the Legendre function on the cut or the associated Legendre polynomial) http://dlmf.nist.gov/14.7.E10 and k = 1 for m = 0 and k = 2 otherwise. The mean squared value of Pnmfull(cosθ) cos(mλ) and Pnmfull(cosθ) sin(mλ) over the sphere is 1. |
SCHMIDT | Schmidt semi-normalized associated Legendre polynomials. These are defined by Pnmschmidt(z) = (−1)m sqrt(k (n − m)! / (n + m)!) Pnm(z), where Pnm(z) is Ferrers function (also known as the Legendre function on the cut or the associated Legendre polynomial) http://dlmf.nist.gov/14.7.E10 and k = 1 for m = 0 and k = 2 otherwise. The mean squared value of Pnmschmidt(cosθ) cos(mλ) and Pnmschmidt(cosθ) sin(mλ) over the sphere is 1/(2n + 1). |
Definition at line 74 of file SphericalHarmonic.hpp.
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Constructor with a full set of coefficients specified.
[in] | C | the coefficients Cnm. |
[in] | S | the coefficients Snm. |
[in] | N | the maximum degree and order of the sum |
[in] | a | the reference radius appearing in the definition of the sum. |
[in] | norm | the normalization for the associated Legendre polynomials, either SphericalHarmonic::FULL (the default) or SphericalHarmonic::SCHMIDT. |
GeographicErr | if N does not satisfy N ≥ −1. |
GeographicErr | if C or S is not big enough to hold the coefficients. |
The coefficients Cnm and Snm are stored in the one-dimensional vectors C and S which must contain (N + 1)(N + 2)/2 and N (N + 1)/2 elements, respectively, stored in "column-major" order. Thus for N = 3, the order would be: C00, C10, C20, C30, C11, C21, C31, C22, C32, C33. In general the (n,m) element is at index m N − m (m − 1)/2 + n. The layout of S is the same except that the first column is omitted (since the m = 0 terms never contribute to the sum) and the 0th element is S11
The class stores pointers to the first elements of C and S. These arrays should not be altered or destroyed during the lifetime of a SphericalHarmonic object.
Definition at line 167 of file SphericalHarmonic.hpp.
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Constructor with a subset of coefficients specified.
[in] | C | the coefficients Cnm. |
[in] | S | the coefficients Snm. |
[in] | N | the degree used to determine the layout of C and S. |
[in] | nmx | the maximum degree used in the sum. The sum over n is from 0 thru nmx. |
[in] | mmx | the maximum order used in the sum. The sum over m is from 0 thru min(n, mmx). |
[in] | a | the reference radius appearing in the definition of the sum. |
[in] | norm | the normalization for the associated Legendre polynomials, either SphericalHarmonic::FULL (the default) or SphericalHarmonic::SCHMIDT. |
GeographicErr | if N, nmx, and mmx do not satisfy N ≥ nmx ≥ mmx ≥ −1. |
GeographicErr | if C or S is not big enough to hold the coefficients. |
The class stores pointers to the first elements of C and S. These arrays should not be altered or destroyed during the lifetime of a SphericalHarmonic object.
Definition at line 198 of file SphericalHarmonic.hpp.
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A default constructor so that the object can be created when the constructor for another object is initialized. This default object can then be reset with the default copy assignment operator.
Definition at line 211 of file SphericalHarmonic.hpp.
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Create a CircularEngine to allow the efficient evaluation of several points on a circle of latitude.
[in] | p | the radius of the circle. |
[in] | z | the height of the circle above the equatorial plane. |
[in] | gradp | if true the returned object will be able to compute the gradient of the sum. |
std::bad_alloc | if the memory for the CircularEngine can't be allocated. |
SphericalHarmonic::operator()() exchanges the order of the sums in the definition, i.e., ∑n = 0..N ∑m = 0..n becomes ∑m = 0..N ∑n = m..N. SphericalHarmonic::Circle performs the inner sum over degree n (which entails about N2 operations). Calling CircularEngine::operator()() on the returned object performs the outer sum over the order m (about N operations).
Here's an example of computing the spherical sum at a sequence of longitudes without using a CircularEngine object
Here is the same calculation done using a CircularEngine object. This will be about N/2 times faster.
Definition at line 324 of file SphericalHarmonic.hpp.
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Definition at line 348 of file SphericalHarmonic.hpp.
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Compute the spherical harmonic sum.
[in] | x | cartesian coordinate. |
[in] | y | cartesian coordinate. |
[in] | z | cartesian coordinate. |
This routine requires constant memory and thus never throws an exception.
Definition at line 224 of file SphericalHarmonic.hpp.
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Compute a spherical harmonic sum and its gradient.
[in] | x | cartesian coordinate. |
[in] | y | cartesian coordinate. |
[in] | z | cartesian coordinate. |
[out] | gradx | x component of the gradient |
[out] | grady | y component of the gradient |
[out] | gradz | z component of the gradient |
This is the same as the previous function, except that the components of the gradients of the sum in the x, y, and z directions are computed. This routine requires constant memory and thus never throws an exception.
Definition at line 257 of file SphericalHarmonic.hpp.
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Definition at line 124 of file SphericalHarmonic.hpp.
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Definition at line 123 of file SphericalHarmonic.hpp.
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Definition at line 125 of file SphericalHarmonic.hpp.