Cartesian formula for the angular Laplacian

ID: cartesian-formula-for-the-angular-laplacian

Writing , the spherical-coordinate Laplacian gives . Thus the positive angular Laplace-Beltrami operator has the displayed Cartesian expression and eigenvalues on spherical harmonics. Omitting is incorrect when the square means composition: on , the truncated expression gives , whereas the degree-one angular eigenvalue is two.
// Target: fluid-mechanics.bigb

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