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Fast algorithms for spherical harmonic expansions, III

Numerical Analysis 2015-05-14 v6

Abstract

We accelerate the computation of spherical harmonic transforms, using what is known as the butterfly scheme. This provides a convenient alternative to the approach taken in the second paper from this series on "Fast algorithms for spherical harmonic expansions." The requisite precomputations become manageable when organized as a "depth-first traversal" of the program's control-flow graph, rather than as the perhaps more natural "breadth-first traversal" that processes one-by-one each level of the multilevel procedure. We illustrate the results via several numerical examples.

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@article{arxiv.0910.5435,
  title  = {Fast algorithms for spherical harmonic expansions, III},
  author = {Mark Tygert},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0910.5435},
  year   = {2015}
}

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14 pages, 1 figure, 6 tables

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