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PlmIndex

Compute the index of a array of Legendre functions corresponding to degree l and angular order m.

Usage

index = PlmIndex (l, m)

Returns

index : integer
Index of an array of associated Legendre functions corresponding to degree l and angular order m.

Parameters

l : integer
The spherical harmonic degree.
m : integer
The angular order.

Description

PlmIndex will calculate the index of an array of associated Legendre functions corresponding to degree l and angular order m. The input arrays are generated by routines such as PlmBar, PlmBar_d1, PlmSchmidt, PlmSchmidt_d1, PlmON, PlmON_d1, PLegendreA, and PLegendreA_d1. The array index in Python is equal to l*(l+1)/2+m.

See also

plmbar, plmbar_d1, plmschmidt, plmschmidt_d1, plmon, plmon_d1, plegendrea, plegendrea_d1

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