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NAG Toolbox: nag_specfun_ellipint_complete_2 (s21bj)

 Contents

    1  Purpose
    2  Syntax
    7  Accuracy
    9  Example

Purpose

nag_specfun_ellipint_complete_2 (s21bj) returns a value of the classical (Legendre) form of the complete elliptic integral of the second kind, via the function name.

Syntax

[result, ifail] = s21bj(dm)
[result, ifail] = nag_specfun_ellipint_complete_2(dm)

Description

nag_specfun_ellipint_complete_2 (s21bj) calculates an approximation to the integral
Em = 0 π2 1-m sin2θ 12 dθ ,  
where m1 .
The integral is computed using the symmetrised elliptic integrals of Carlson (Carlson (1979) and Carlson (1988)). The relevant identity is
Em = RF 0,1-m,1 - 13 mRD 0,1-m,1 ,  
where RF  is the Carlson symmetrised incomplete elliptic integral of the first kind (see nag_specfun_ellipint_symm_1 (s21bb)) and RD  is the Carlson symmetrised incomplete elliptic integral of the second kind (see nag_specfun_ellipint_symm_2 (s21bc)).

References

Abramowitz M and Stegun I A (1972) Handbook of Mathematical Functions (3rd Edition) Dover Publications
Carlson B C (1979) Computing elliptic integrals by duplication Numerische Mathematik 33 1–16
Carlson B C (1988) A table of elliptic integrals of the third kind Math. Comput. 51 267–280

Parameters

Compulsory Input Parameters

1:     dm – double scalar
The argument m of the function.
Constraint: dm1.0.

Optional Input Parameters

None.

Output Parameters

1:     result – double scalar
The result of the function.
2:     ifail int64int32nag_int scalar
ifail=0 unless the function detects an error (see Error Indicators and Warnings).

Error Indicators and Warnings

Errors or warnings detected by the function:
   ifail=1
Constraint: dm1.0.
   ifail=-99
An unexpected error has been triggered by this routine. Please contact NAG.
   ifail=-399
Your licence key may have expired or may not have been installed correctly.
   ifail=-999
Dynamic memory allocation failed.

Accuracy

In principle nag_specfun_ellipint_complete_2 (s21bj) is capable of producing full machine precision. However round-off errors in internal arithmetic will result in slight loss of accuracy. This loss should never be excessive as the algorithm does not involve any significant amplification of round-off error. It is reasonable to assume that the result is accurate to within a small multiple of the machine precision.

Further Comments

You should consult the S Chapter Introduction, which shows the relationship between this function and the Carlson definitions of the elliptic integrals. In particular, the relationship between the argument-constraints for both forms becomes clear.
For more information on the algorithms used to compute RF  and RD , see the function documents for nag_specfun_ellipint_symm_1 (s21bb) and nag_specfun_ellipint_symm_2 (s21bc), respectively.

Example

This example simply generates a small set of nonextreme arguments that are used with the function to produce the table of results.
function s21bj_example


fprintf('s21bj example results\n\n');

m = [0.25     0.5     0.75];
result = m;

for j=1:numel(m)
  [result(j), ifail] = s21bj(m(j));
end

disp('      m        E(m)');
fprintf('%8.2f%12.4f\n',[m; result]);


s21bj example results

      m        E(m)
    0.25      1.4675
    0.50      1.3506
    0.75      1.2111

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