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nag_bessel_j0 (s17aec)

 Contents

    1  Purpose
    7  Accuracy

1  Purpose

nag_bessel_j0 (s17aec) returns the value of the Bessel function J0x.

2  Specification

#include <nag.h>
#include <nags.h>
double  nag_bessel_j0 (double x, NagError *fail)

3  Description

nag_bessel_j0 (s17aec) evaluates an approximation to the Bessel function of the first kind J0x.
Note:  J0-x=J0x, so the approximation need only consider x0.
The function is based on three Chebyshev expansions:
For 0<x8,
J0x=r=0arTrt,   with ​t=2 x8 2 -1.  
For x>8,
J0x= 2πx P0xcosx-π4-Q0xsinx- π4 ,  
where P0x=r=0brTrt,
and Q0x= 8xr=0crTrt,
with t=2 8x 2-1.
For x near zero, J0x1. This approximation is used when x is sufficiently small for the result to be correct to machine precision.
For very large x, it becomes impossible to provide results with any reasonable accuracy (see Section 7), hence the function fails. Such arguments contain insufficient information to determine the phase of oscillation of J0x; only the amplitude, 2πx , can be determined and this is returned on failure. The range for which this occurs is roughly related to machine precision; the function will fail if x1/machine precision (see the Users' Note for your implementation for details).

4  References

Abramowitz M and Stegun I A (1972) Handbook of Mathematical Functions (3rd Edition) Dover Publications
Clenshaw C W (1962) Chebyshev Series for Mathematical Functions Mathematical tables HMSO

5  Arguments

1:     x doubleInput
On entry: the argument x of the function.
2:     fail NagError *Input/Output
The NAG error argument (see Section 3.6 in the Essential Introduction).

6  Error Indicators and Warnings

NE_ALLOC_FAIL
Dynamic memory allocation failed.
See Section 3.2.1.2 in the Essential Introduction for further information.
NE_INTERNAL_ERROR
An internal error has occurred in this function. Check the function call and any array sizes. If the call is correct then please contact NAG for assistance.
An unexpected error has been triggered by this function. Please contact NAG.
See Section 3.6.6 in the Essential Introduction for further information.
NE_NO_LICENCE
Your licence key may have expired or may not have been installed correctly.
See Section 3.6.5 in the Essential Introduction for further information.
NE_REAL_ARG_GT
On entry, x=value.
Constraint: xvalue.
x is too large, the function returns the amplitude of the J0 oscillation, 2/πx.

7  Accuracy

Let δ be the relative error in the argument and E be the absolute error in the result. (Since J0x oscillates about zero, absolute error and not relative error is significant.)
If δ is somewhat larger than the machine precision (e.g., if δ is due to data errors etc.), then E and δ are approximately related by:
ExJ1xδ  
(provided E is also within machine bounds). Figure 1 displays the behaviour of the amplification factor xJ1x.
However, if δ is of the same order as machine precision, then rounding errors could make E slightly larger than the above relation predicts.
For very large x, the above relation ceases to apply. In this region, J0x 2πx cosx- π4. The amplitude 2πx  can be calculated with reasonable accuracy for all x, but cosx- π4 cannot. If x- π4  is written as 2Nπ+θ where N is an integer and 0θ<2π, then cosx- π4  is determined by θ only. If xδ-1, θ cannot be determined with any accuracy at all. Thus if x is greater than, or of the order of, the inverse of the machine precision, it is impossible to calculate the phase of J0x and the function must fail.
Figure 1
Figure 1

8  Parallelism and Performance

Not applicable.

9  Further Comments

None.

10  Example

This example reads values of the argument x from a file, evaluates the function at each value of x and prints the results.

10.1  Program Text

Program Text (s17aece.c)

10.2  Program Data

Program Data (s17aece.d)

10.3  Program Results

Program Results (s17aece.r)

GnuplotProduced by GNUPLOT 4.6 patchlevel 3 −0.4 −0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 −20 −10 0 10 20 J0(x) x Example Program Returned Values for the Bessel Function J0(x) gnuplot_plot_1

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