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This article is almost entirely unsupported by sources and several small edits have recently been made. User:Loudandras has just supported a small correction with "Quantum Theory of Angular Momentum by D.A. Varshalovich, A.N. Moskalev, V.K. Kershonskii (World Scientific 1988))" mentioned in the edit summary. Can anyone support that this reference supports the content of all or part.duke of this article, so it can be added as a suitable reference? I do not have access to it. Other references would also be welcome and particularly welcome if there were more easily available. --Bduke (Discussion) 22:14, 21 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Mathworld is an web-accessible source that can be taken to reliable. Xxanthippe (talk) 23:15, 21 January 2013 (UTC).[reply]

OK, so add the appropriate specific link to the article as a reference. I am not familiar with Mathworld but it looks interesting. --Bduke (Discussion) 23:38, 21 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Putting it in the article as an external link, as you have done, is fine, but I do not think it can be used as a source for the material. How would mathworld be used to get the material? --Bduke (Discussion) 05:04, 22 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

By going to the Mathworld home page and searching for "spherical harmonic". Xxanthippe (talk) 09:57, 22 January 2013 (UTC).[reply]

OK, so as you seem to know more about this than I do, put some specific links as references to support specific parts of this article. A general link is not enough. --Bduke (Discussion) 10:40, 22 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I added cited references to an accessible article and the Varshalovich-book. The former gives real spherical harmonics up to l=2, the latter complex ones up to l=5. I checked every single harmonic on the page, and added references to the sections corresponding to the checked l's. The spherical-to-cartesian transcriptions are also fine for complex harmonics. I added the citations at the end of section titles, what might be frowned upon, but I couldn't think of anything better. I also added a direct link to Wolfram Alpha. Sorry if some cleanup is needed after my edit, I tried to be as efficient as possible.--Loudandras (talk) 22:08, 23 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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 :::By going to the Mathworld home page and searching for "spherical harmonic". [[User:Xxanthippe|Xxanthippe]] ([[User talk:Xxanthippe|talk]]) 09:57, 22 January 2013 (UTC).
 ::::OK, so as you seem to know more about this than I do, put some specific links as references to support specific parts of this article. A general link is not enough. --[[User:Bduke|<span style="color:#002147;">'''Bduke'''</span>]]  [[User_talk:Bduke|<span style="color:#002147;">'''(Discussion)'''</span>]] 10:40, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
+I added cited references to an accessible article and the Varshalovich-book. The former gives real spherical harmonics up to l=2, the latter complex ones up to l=5. I checked every single harmonic on the page, and added references to the sections corresponding to the checked l's. The spherical-to-cartesian transcriptions are also fine for complex harmonics. I added the citations at the end of section titles, what might be frowned upon, but I couldn't think of anything better. I also added a direct link to Wolfram Alpha. Sorry if some cleanup is needed after my edit, I tried to be as efficient as possible.--[[User:Loudandras|Loudandras]] ([[User talk:Loudandras|talk]]) 22:08, 23 January 2013 (UTC)