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Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Average over a sphere surface

 The surface integral of the function f over the surface S is denoted by

SfdS

dS is the area of an infinitesimal piece of the surface S.

Average over the sphere is

<f>=14π2π0dϕπ0fsin(θ)dθ,

where dS=sin(θ)dθdϕ. This can be seen as a weight average, the weight is surface area.

<cos2(θ)>=1/3

<sin(θ)>=2/3.