On the Spectral Approximation of Discrete Scalar and Vector Functions on the Sphere

DOI10.1137/0716069zbMath0442.41018OpenAlexW2018350372MaRDI QIDQ3884560

Paul N. Swarztrauber

Publication date: 1979

Published in: SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1137/0716069

zbMATH Keywords

spherical harmonicsvector functionsdiscrete spectral approximation on a sphere

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Multidimensional problems (41A63) Algorithms for approximation of functions (65D15) Spherical harmonics (33C55) Approximation by other special function classes (41A30)

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