function [K,Al,Dlta,Kp]=abelpoisson(h,Dlta,L) % [K,Al,Dlta,Kp]=ABELPOISSON(h,Dlta,L) % % Calculates the Abel-Poisson kernel and verifies the funky equation % producing it --- see the work of Freeden and his posse % % INPUT: % % h The concentration parameter, can be a vector % L The bandwidth of the explicit expression - if desired % % OUTPUT: % % K The kernels in terms of spherical distance, [length(Delta)*length(h)] % Al The degree-dependent sequence % Dlta The geodesic angular distance % Kp The kernel in a bandlimited (approximate) expansion % % EXAMPLE: % % [K,Al,Dlta,Kp]=abelpoisson; % % Last modified by fjsimons-at-alum.mit.edu, 08/06/2007 defval('h',0.50) defval('L',50) crsfin=unique([linspace(-pi/6,pi/6,100) linspace(-pi,pi,900)]); defval('Dlta',crsfin) % Make dimensions work out N=length(Dlta); Dlta=Dlta(:); h=h(:)'; hh=repmat(h,N,1); % Calculate the kernel K=(1-hh.^2)./4/pi./(1+hh.^2-2*cos(Dlta)*h).^(3/2); % Return the spectrum Al=repmat(h,L+1,1).^(repmat(-[0:L]'/2,1,length(h))); if nargout==4 % Calculate an alternative representation of the kernel Kp=NaN(size(K)); for index=1:length(h) Kp(:,index)=sum(repmat((2*[0:L]'+1)/4/pi.*Al(:,index).^-2,1,N).*... plm(0:L,0,cos(Dlta)),1); % Report on the fit disp(sprintf('Relative misfit L = %i approximation at h = %3.2f : %5.3e %s',... L,h(index),norm(K(:,index)-Kp(:,index))./norm(K(:,index))*100,'%')) end end