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31.Dd $Mdocdate: July 17 2013 $
32.Dt J0 3
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm j0 ,
36.Nm j0f ,
37.Nm j1 ,
38.Nm j1f ,
39.Nm jn ,
40.Nm jnf ,
41.Nm y0 ,
42.Nm y0f ,
43.Nm y1 ,
44.Nm y1f ,
45.Nm yn ,
46.Nm ynf
47.Nd Bessel functions of first and second kind
48.Sh SYNOPSIS
49.In math.h
50.Ft double
51.Fn j0 "double x"
52.Ft float
53.Fn j0f "float x"
54.Ft double
55.Fn j1 "double x"
56.Ft float
57.Fn j1f "float x"
58.Ft double
59.Fn jn "int n" "double x"
60.Ft float
61.Fn jnf "int n" "float x"
62.Ft double
63.Fn y0 "double x"
64.Ft float
65.Fn y0f "float x"
66.Ft double
67.Fn y1 "double x"
68.Ft float
69.Fn y1f "float x"
70.Ft double
71.Fn yn "int n" "double x"
72.Ft float
73.Fn ynf "int n" "float x"
74.Sh DESCRIPTION
75The functions
76.Fn j0
77and
78.Fn j1
79compute the
80.Em Bessel function of the first kind of the order
810 and the
82.Em order
831, respectively,
84for the
85real value
86.Fa x ;
87the function
88.Fn jn
89computes the
90.Em Bessel function of the first kind of the integer order
91.Fa n
92for the real value
93.Fa x .
94The functions
95.Fn j0f ,
96.Fn j1f ,
97and
98.Fn jnf
99are single precision versions of
100.Fn j0 ,
101.Fn j1 ,
102and
103.Fn jn ,
104respectively.
105.Pp
106The functions
107.Fn y0
108and
109.Fn y1
110compute the linearly independent
111.Em Bessel function of the second kind of the order
1120 and the
113.Em order
1141, respectively,
115for the
116positive
117.Em integer
118value
119.Fa x
120(expressed as a double);
121the function
122.Fn yn
123computes the
124.Em Bessel function of the second kind for the integer order
125.Fa n
126for the positive
127.Em integer
128value
129.Fa x
130(expressed as a double).
131The functions
132.Fn y0f ,
133.Fn y1f ,
134and
135.Fn ynf
136are single precision versions of
137.Fn y0 ,
138.Fn y1 ,
139and
140.Fn yn ,
141respectively.
142.Sh RETURN VALUES
143If these functions are successful,
144the computed value is returned, otherwise the global variable
145.Va errno
146is set to EDOM or ERANGE.
147.Sh HISTORY
148The functions
149.Fn j0 ,
150.Fn j1 ,
151.Fn jn ,
152.Fn y0 ,
153.Fn y1 ,
154and
155.Fn yn
156first appeared in
157.At v7 .
158