Re: LegendreP error (bug?) in Mathematica
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- Subject: [mg81202] Re: LegendreP error (bug?) in Mathematica
- From: flycarl82 at gmail.com
- Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 04:14:58 -0400 (EDT)
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On 9 11 , 10 30 , John Ralston <rals... at ku.edu> wrote: > I find serious bugs in Mathematica 5.1 LegendreP > and SphericalHarmonicY. It is not a matter of > definitions or syntax, but a catastrophic failure > easy to establish. Math archives show a history > of discussion, but invariably centered on variations of definition. > > Wolfram Research shows little interest. I'm wondering if the failure > to perfom is well known and has been repaired by someone > re-writing the commands. I don't often follow this forum, but I've joined to either get access to code that works, or to inform people so they can go after the problem. Does anyone care? > > John Ralston I have used SphericalHarmonicY before . there is many definition of SphericalHarmonic. the mathematica 5.1 used a fairly common one . i haven't discover a bug. what the exact failure