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> It is not a 6-parameter function, it is a family of 3d-functions each characterized by 3 parameters. Those parameters can be modified using the dropdown in the top-right corner of the page.

Sorry to be pedantic, but these two things are the exact same thing.



You were asking how it is to be interpreted, and it is as I said: a family of 3D functions each characterized by 3 parameters. What you are saying is technically correct, but misses the point of what I was trying to convey.

Edit: also, three of the parameter (x, y, z or r, θ, φ depending on whether you are using a Cartesian or spherical coordinate system) are continuous, real, and unbounded (well, unbounded in a Cartesian sense anyway). In contrast, n, l, and m are discrete integer-valued quantum coefficients that obey the relations n > 0, 0 <= l < n, -l <= m <= l.




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