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| | <div style="font-size:30px">'''BESSELJ(x,n)'''</div><br/> | | <div style="font-size:30px">'''BESSELJ(x,n)'''</div><br/> |
| − | *where 'x' is the value at which to evaluate the function and n is the integer which is the order of the Bessel function | + | *<math>x</math> is the value to evaluate the function |
| | + | *<math>n</math> is the order of the Bessel function and is an integer |
| | ==Description== | | ==Description== |
| | *This function gives the value of the modified Bessel function. | | *This function gives the value of the modified Bessel function. |
| − | *Bessel functions is also called cylinder functions because they appear in the solution to Laplace's equation in cylindrical coordinates. | + | *Bessel functions is also called Cylinder Functions because they appear in the solution to Laplace's equation in cylindrical coordinates. |
| − | *Bessel's Differential Equation is defined as: x^2 (d^2 y/dx^2) + x(dy/dx) + (x^2 - α^2)y =0 | + | *Bessel's Differential Equation is defined as: <math>x^2\frac{d^2 y}{dx^2} + x\frac{dy}{dx} + (x^2 - \alpha^2)y =0</math> |
| − | where α is the arbitary complex number. | + | where α is the arbitrary complex number. |
| | *But in most of the cases α is the non-negative real number. | | *But in most of the cases α is the non-negative real number. |
| | *The solutions of this equation are called Bessel Functions of order n. | | *The solutions of this equation are called Bessel Functions of order n. |
| | *Bessel functions of the first kind, denoted as Jn(x), and | | *Bessel functions of the first kind, denoted as Jn(x), and |
| − | *The Bessel function of the first kind of order can be expressed as:Jn(x)=summation(k=0 to infinity){(-1)^k(x/2)^n+2k}/k!gamma(n+k+1), where gamma(n+k+1)=(n+k)! or *Integral 0 to infinity x^(n+k).e^-x dx. is the gamma function. | + | *The Bessel function of the first kind of order can be expressed as: Jn(x)=summation(k=0 to infinity){(-1)^k(x/2)^n+2k}/k!gamma(n+k+1), where gamma(n+k+1)=(n+k)! or *Integral 0 to infinity x^(n+k).e^-x dx. is the gamma function. |
| | *This function will give the result as error when 1.x or n is non numeric 2. n<0, because n is the order of the function | | *This function will give the result as error when 1.x or n is non numeric 2. n<0, because n is the order of the function |
| | ==Examples== | | ==Examples== |