The Analysis of the Associated Legendre Functions with Non-Integral Degree

Abstract:

Spherical cap harmonic (SCH) theory has been widely used to format regional model of fields that can be expressed as the gradient of a scalar potential. The functions of this method consist of trigonometric functions and associated Legendre functions with integral-order but non-integral degree. Evidently, the constructing and computing of Legendre functions are the core content of the spherical cap functions. In this paper,the approximated calculation method of the normalized association Legendre functions with non-integral degree is introduced and an analysis of the entire order of associated non-Legendre function calculation is presented. Besides, we use the Muller method to search out for all intrinsic values. The results showed that the highest order of spherical harmonic function for constructing regional model of fields is limited, thus high-resolution spherical harmonic structure of local gravity field need to be improved.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 130-134)
• Pages: 3001-3005
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.130-134.3001
• Online since: October 2011
• Authors: Jian Qiang Wang, Hao Yuan Chen, Yin Fu Chen
• Keywords: Legendre Functions with Non-Integral Degree, Muller Method, Spherical Cap Harmonic

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