Canonical representation of spherical functions: Sylvester's theorem, Maxwell's multipoles and Majorana's sphere

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General

Volumn 37, Issue 40, 2004, Pages 9487-9500

  Dennis, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 6344256671     PISSN: 03054470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/37/40/011     Document Type: Article

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