... also quantum mechanics. The textbook solution for the wavefunction of the hydrogen atom involves spherical harmonics.

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hackingonempty 2 days ago | parent [-]

That fact is betrayed by the the similarity of the shapes of atomic orbitals and the sensitivity patterns of Abisonic B-format channels.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambisonics#Higher-order_ambiso...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_orbital#Orbitals_table

...and the same patterns appear on the unit disk with the Zernike polynomials, used to describe optical aberrations and more.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zernike_polynomials

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mcphage 2 days ago | parent [-]

I noticed that (similarity between the graphs and the shapes of atomic orbitals), and assumed that was what the article was about. And it wasn’t, and never brought it up, so I was thinking maybe I was confused about the similarity. So thank you for showing me I was not.

	▲	alfiedotwtf 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		lol, I was confused from the first imaging thinking this was going to be a tutorial on quantum physics then was confused even more as I scrolled