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Spherical Harmonics are a set of orthonormal basis functions
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==Background==
===Harmonic Function===
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic_function Wikipedia Reference]<br>
A function <math>f: \mathbb{R}^n \rightarrow \mathbb{R}</math> is a harmonic function if it satisfies Laplace's equation:
* The Laplacian (or trace of the hessian) is zero.
* <math>\Delta f = \frac{\partial^2f}{\partial x_1^2} + \frac{\partial^2f}{\partial x_2^2} + \cdots + \frac{\partial^2f}{\partial x_n^2} = 0</math>


==Definition==
==Definition==

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Spherical Harmonics are a set of orthonormal basis functions

Background

Harmonic Function

Wikipedia Reference
A function \(\displaystyle f: \mathbb{R}^n \rightarrow \mathbb{R}\) is a harmonic function if it satisfies Laplace's equation:

  • The Laplacian (or trace of the hessian) is zero.
  • \(\displaystyle \Delta f = \frac{\partial^2f}{\partial x_1^2} + \frac{\partial^2f}{\partial x_2^2} + \cdots + \frac{\partial^2f}{\partial x_n^2} = 0\)

Definition

Applications

Saliency

Ruofei did a project on Saliency using Spherical Harmonics as part of his PhD dissertation.

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