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How might spherical harmonics be relevant for quantum computing? I’m on the hunt for visualizations. (Not to be confused with the Bloch Sphere!)
by dr_dshiv 5y ago
How might spherical harmonics be relevant for quantum computing? I’m on the hunt for visualizations. (Not to be confused with the Bloch Sphere!)
- robotsteve2 5y agoSpherical harmonics are a useful mathematical basis set for eigenfunctions of a Schrodinger equation describing a hydrogen atom like system. There's nothing particularly special about them, and they fail to be a good basis set for solutions of other types of quantum systems. Conversely, they can be useful for non-quantum systems - any sort of wave equation in a sphere. It's not an intrinsically quantum mechanical thing.
- dr_dshiv 5y agoIdk… seems intrinsic in so far as waves are intrinsic to Quantum Mechanics. Check out these visuals from “the orbitron”: https://winter.group.shef.ac.uk/orbitron/ https://winter.group.shef.ac.uk/orbitron/