Bessel Functions

Usage

besselI(x, nu, expon.scaled = FALSE)
besselK(x, nu, expon.scaled = FALSE)
besselJ(x, nu)
besselY(x, nu)
gammaCody(x)

Arguments

x numeric, >= 0.
nu numeric, >= 0. The order of the corresponding Bessel function.
expon.scaled logical; if TRUE, the results are exponentially scaled in order to avoid overflow (I(nu)) or underflow (K(nu)), respectively.

Description

Bessel Functions of integer and fractional order, of first and second kind, J(nu) and Y(nu), and Modified Bessel functions I(nu) and K(nu).

gammaCody is the (&Gamma) Function as from the Specfun package and originally used in the Bessel code.

Details

The underlying code for these functions stem from Netlib, `http://www.netlib.org/specfun/r[ijky]besl'.

If expon.scaled = TRUE, exp(-x) I(x;nu), or exp(x) K(x;nu) are returned.

gammaCody may be somewhat faster but less precise and/or robust than R's standard gamma. It is here for experimental purpose mainly, and may be defunct very soon.

Value

References

Abramowitz, M. and Stegun, I. A. (1972).
Handbook of Mathematical Functions, Dover, New York;
Chapter 9: Bessel Functions of Integer Order.

See Also

Other special mathematical functions, as the gamma, &Gamma(x), and beta, B(x).

Examples

nus <- c(0:5,10,20)

x <- seq(0,4, len= 501)
plot(x,x, ylim = c(0,6), ylab="",type='n', main = "Bessel Functions  I_nu(x)")
for(nu in nus) lines(x,besselI(x,nu=nu), col = nu+2)
legend(0,6, leg=paste("nu=",nus), col = nus+2, lwd=1)

x <- seq(0,40,len=801); yl <- c(-.8,.8)
plot(x,x, ylim = yl, ylab="",type='n', main = "Bessel Functions  J_nu(x)")
for(nu in nus) lines(x,besselJ(x,nu=nu), col = nu+2)
legend(32,-.18, leg=paste("nu=",nus), col = nus+2, lwd=1)

x0 <- 2^(-20:10)
plot(x0,x0^-8, log='xy', ylab="",type='n',
     main = "Bessel Functions  J_nu(x)  near 0\n log - log  scale")
for(nu in sort(c(nus,nus+.5))) lines(x0,besselJ(x0,nu=nu), col = nu+2)
legend(3,1e50, leg=paste("nu=", paste(nus,nus+.5, sep=",")), col=nus+2, lwd=1)

plot(x0,x0^-8, log='xy', ylab="",type='n',
     main = "Bessel Functions  K_nu(x)  near 0\n log - log  scale")
for(nu in sort(c(nus,nus+.5))) lines(x0,besselK(x0,nu=nu), col = nu+2)
legend(3,1e50, leg=paste("nu=", paste(nus,nus+.5, sep=",")), col=nus+2, lwd=1)

x <- x[x > 0]
plot(x,x, ylim=c(1e-18,1e11),log="y", ylab="",type='n',
     main = "Bessel Functions  K_nu(x)")
for(nu in nus) lines(x,besselK(x,nu=nu), col = nu+2)
legend(0,1e-5, leg=paste("nu=",nus), col = nus+2, lwd=1)

## Check the Scaling :
for(nu in nus)
   print(all(abs(1- besselK(x,nu)*exp( x) / besselK(x,nu,expo=TRUE)) < 2e-15))
for(nu in nus)
   print(all(abs(1- besselI(x,nu)*exp(-x) / besselI(x,nu,expo=TRUE)) < 1e-15))

yl <- c(-1.6, .6)
plot(x,x, ylim = yl, ylab="",type='n', main = "Bessel Functions  Y_nu(x)")
for(nu in nus){xx <- x[x > .6*nu]; lines(xx,besselY(xx,nu=nu), col = nu+2){
legend(25,-.5, leg=paste("nu=",nus), col = nus+2, lwd=1)


nus <- c(0:5,10,20)

x <- seq(0,4, len= 501)
plot(x,x, ylim = c(0,6), ylab="",type='n', main = "Bessel Functions  I_nu(x)")
for(nu in nus) lines(x,besselI(x,nu=nu), col = nu+2)
legend(0,6, leg=paste("nu=",nus), col = nus+2, lwd=1)

x <- seq(0,40,len=801); yl <- c(-.8,.8)
plot(x,x, ylim = yl, ylab="",type='n', main = "Bessel Functions  J_nu(x)")
for(nu in nus) lines(x,besselJ(x,nu=nu), col = nu+2)
legend(32,-.18, leg=paste("nu=",nus), col = nus+2, lwd=1)

x0 <- 2^(-20:10)
plot(x0,x0^-8, log='xy', ylab="",type='n',
     main = "Bessel Functions  J_nu(x)  near 0\n log - log  scale")
for(nu in sort(c(nus,nus+.5))) lines(x0,besselJ(x0,nu=nu), col = nu+2)
legend(3,1e50, leg=paste("nu=", paste(nus,nus+.5, sep=",")), col=nus+2, lwd=1)

plot(x0,x0^-8, log='xy', ylab="",type='n',
     main = "Bessel Functions  K_nu(x)  near 0\n log - log  scale")
for(nu in sort(c(nus,nus+.5))) lines(x0,besselK(x0,nu=nu), col = nu+2)
legend(3,1e50, leg=paste("nu=", paste(nus,nus+.5, sep=",")), col=nus+2, lwd=1)

x <- x[x > 0]
plot(x,x, ylim=c(1e-18,1e11),log="y", ylab="",type='n',
     main = "Bessel Functions  K_nu(x)")
for(nu in nus) lines(x,besselK(x,nu=nu), col = nu+2)
legend(0,1e-5, leg=paste("nu=",nus), col = nus+2, lwd=1)

## Check the Scaling :
for(nu in nus)
   print(all(abs(1- besselK(x,nu)*exp( x) / besselK(x,nu,expo=TRUE)) < 2e-15))
for(nu in nus)
   print(all(abs(1- besselI(x,nu)*exp(-x) / besselI(x,nu,expo=TRUE)) < 1e-15))

yl <- c(-1.6, .6)
plot(x,x, ylim = yl, ylab="",type='n', main = "Bessel Functions  Y_nu(x)")
for(nu in nus)}xx <- x[x > .6*nu]; lines(xx,besselY(xx,nu=nu), col = nu+2)}
legend(25,-.5, leg=paste("nu=",nus), col = nus+2, lwd=1)

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