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Square-integrable functions on the sphere can be written as a weighted sum of spherical harmonics. The ℓ = 0, m = 0 spherical harmonic can represent a constant function (left), m = 0 spherical harmonics can represent rotationally symmetric functions (center), and m ≠ 0 spherical harmonics can represent non-rotationally symmetric functions (right).
