Record Identifier: | 276139 |
Title: | Spherical functions of mathematical geosciences : |
Authorstatement: | Freeden, W. ; (Willi), ; |
Date of Publish: | 2022 |
Publisher: | Birkh?�user, |
ISBN: | 9783662656921 ; (electronic bk.) ; |
ISBN: | 3662656922 ; (electronic bk.) ; |
ISBN: | 9783662656914 ; |
ISBN: | 3662656914 ; |
Subject: | Earth sciences ; |
LC classes: | QE33.2.M3 ; |
Dewey Classes: | 550.151553 ; 23/eng/20221025 ; |
This book is an enlarged second edition of a monograph published in the Springer AGEM2-Series, 2009. It presents, in a consistent and unified overview, a setup of the theory of spherical functions of mathematical (geo-)sciences. The content shows a twofold transition: First, the natural transition from scalar to vectorial and tensorial theory of spherical harmonics is given in a coordinate-free context, based on variants of the addition theorem, Funk-Hecke formulas, and Helmholtz as well as Hardy-Hodge decompositions. Second, the canonical transition from spherical harmonics via zonal (kernel) functions to the Dirac kernel is given in close orientation to an uncertainty principle classifying the space/frequency (momentum) behavior of the functions for purposes of data analysis and (geo-)application. The whole palette of spherical functions is collected in a well-structured form for modeling and simulating the phenomena and processes occurring in the Earth's system. The result is a work which, while reflecting the present state of knowledge in a time-related manner, claims to be of largely timeless significance in (geo-)mathematical research and teaching ;