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Numerical integration with polynomial exactness over a spherical cap
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posted on 2023-06-07, 20:31 authored by Kerstin Hesse, Robert S WomersleyThis paper presents rules for numerical integration over spherical caps and discusses their properties. For a spherical cap on the unit sphere S2 , we discuss tensor product rules with n 2/2?+?O(n) nodes in the cap, positive weights, which are exact for all spherical polynomials of degree =?n, and can be easily and inexpensively implemented. Numerical tests illustrate the performance of these rules. A similar derivation establishes the existence of equal weight rules with degree of polynomial exactness n and O(n 3) nodes for numerical integration over spherical caps on S2 . For arbitrary d?=?2, this strategy is extended to provide rules for numerical integration over spherical caps on Sd that have O(n d ) nodes in the cap, positive weights, and are exact for all spherical polynomials of degree =?n. We also show that positive weight rules for numerical integration over spherical caps on Sd that are exact for all spherical polynomials of degree =?n have at least O(n d ) nodes and possess a certain regularity property
History
Publication status
- Published
Journal
Advances in Computational MathematicsISSN
1019-7168Publisher
Springer VerlagExternal DOI
Issue
3Volume
36Page range
451-483Department affiliated with
- Mathematics Publications
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