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International Tables for Crystallography (2006). Vol. C. ch. 6.1, p. 584

Table 6.1.1.7 

E. N. Maslen,e A. G. Foxb and M. A. O'Keefec

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Indices allowed by the site symmetry for the real form of the spherical harmonics [Y_{lmp(\theta,\varphi)}]; λ, μ and j are integers such that l, m ≥ 0; (−)n implies p = − for n odd and p = + for n even

Site symmetry Coordinate axes Indices
1 Any All [(l,m,p)]
[\bar1] Any [(2\lambda,m,p)]
2 [2\parallel x] [(l,m,(-)^{l-m})]
[2\parallel y] [(l,m,(-)^{l})]
[2\parallel z] [(l,2\mu,p)]
m [m\,\bot\, x] [(l,m,(-)^{m})]
[m\,\bot\, y] [(l,m,+)]
[m\,\bot\, z] [(l,l-2j,p)]
[2/m] [2\parallel x,m\,\bot\,x] [(2\lambda ,m,(-)^{m})]
[2\parallel y,m\,\bot\,y] [(2\lambda,m,+)]
[2\parallel z,m\,\bot\,z] [(2\lambda,2\mu,p)]
222 [2\parallel z,2\parallel y] [(l,2\mu,(-)^l)]
[mm2] [2\parallel x,m\,\bot\,z] [(l,l-2j,+)]
[2\parallel y,m\,\bot\,z] [(l,l-2j,(-)^l)]
[2\parallel z,m\,\bot\,y] [(l,2\mu,+)]
[mmm] [m\,\bot\,z,m\,\bot\,y,m\,\bot\,z] [(2\lambda,2\mu,+)]
4 [4\parallel z] [(l,4\mu,p)]
[\bar4] [\bar4\parallel z] [(l,2l-4j,p)]
[4/m] [4\parallel z,m\,\bot\,z] [(2\lambda,4\mu,p)]
422 [4\parallel z,2\parallel y] [(l,4\mu,(-)^l)]
[4mm] [4\parallel z,m\,\bot\,y] [(l,4\mu,+)]
[\bar42m] [\bar4\parallel z,2\parallel x] [(l,2l-4j,(-)^l)]
[\bar4\parallel z,m\,\bot\,y] [(l,2l-4j,+)]
[4/mmm] [4\parallel z,m\,\bot\,z,m\,\bot\,x] [(2\lambda,4\mu,+)]
3 [3\parallel z] [(l,3\mu,p)]
[\bar3] [\bar3\parallel z] [(2\lambda,3\mu,p)]
32 [3\parallel z,2\parallel y] [(l,3\mu,(-)^l)]
[3\parallel z,2\parallel x] [(l,3\mu,(-)^{l-m})]
[3m] [3\parallel z,m\,\bot\,y] [(l,3\mu,+)]
[3\parallel z,m\,\bot\,x] [(l,3\mu,(-)^m)]
[\bar3m] [\bar3\parallel z,m\,\bot\,y] [(2\lambda,3\mu,+)]
[\bar3\parallel z,m\,\bot\,x] [(2\lambda,3\mu,(-)^m)]
6 [6\parallel z] [(l,6\mu,p)]
[\bar6] [\bar6\parallel z] [(m+2j,3\mu,p)]
[6/m] [6\parallel z,m\,\bot\,z] [(2\lambda,6\mu,p)]
622 [6\parallel z,2\parallel y] [(l,6\mu,(-)^l)]
[6mm] [6\parallel z,m\,\bot\,y] [(l,6\mu,+)]
[\bar6m2] [\bar6\parallel z,m\,\bot\,y] [(m+2j,3\mu,+)]
[\bar6\parallel z,m\,\bot\,x] [(m+2j,3\mu,(-)^l)]
[6/mmm] [6\parallel z,m\,\bot\,z,m\,\bot\,y] [(2\lambda,6\mu,+)]