Fast evaluation of the gaunt coefficients

Mathematics of Computation

Volumn 65, Issue 216, 1996, Pages 1601-1612

  Xu, Yu Lin ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Clebsch Gordan coefficients; Computational method; Gaunt coefficients; Legendre functions; Light scattering

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030514936     PISSN: 00255718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0025-5718-96-00774-0     Document Type: Article

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