/* jn.c * * Bessel function of integer order * * * * SYNOPSIS: * * int n; * double x, y, jn(); * * y = jn( n, x ); * * * * DESCRIPTION: * * Returns Bessel function of order n, where n is a * (possibly negative) integer. * * The ratio of jn(x) to j0(x) is computed by backward * recurrence. First the ratio jn/jn-1 is found by a * continued fraction expansion. Then the recurrence * relating successive orders is applied until j0 or j1 is * reached. * * If n = 0 or 1 the routine for j0 or j1 is called * directly. * * * * ACCURACY: * * Absolute error: * arithmetic range # trials peak rms * DEC 0, 30 5500 6.9e-17 9.3e-18 * IEEE 0, 30 5000 4.4e-16 7.9e-17 * * * Not suitable for large n or x. Use jv() instead. * */ /* jn.c Cephes Math Library Release 2.8: June, 2000 Copyright 1984, 1987, 2000 by Stephen L. Moshier */ double jn( int n, double x ); #define MACHEP 1.11022302462515654042E-16 double jn( int n, double x ) { double pkm2, pkm1, pk, xk, r, ans; int k, sign; if( n < 0 ) { n = -n; if( (n & 1) == 0 ) /* -1**n */ sign = 1; else sign = -1; } else sign = 1; if( x < 0.0 ) { if( n & 1 ) sign = -sign; x = -x; } if( n == 0 ) return( sign * j0(x) ); if( n == 1 ) return( sign * j1(x) ); if( n == 2 ) return( sign * (2.0 * j1(x) / x - j0(x)) ); if( x < MACHEP ) return( 0.0 ); pk = 2 * (n + k); ans = pk; xk = x * x; do { pk -= 2.0; ans = pk - (xk/ans); } while( --k > 0 ); ans = x/ans; /* backward recurrence */ pk = 1.0; pkm1 = 1.0/ans; k = n-1; r = 2 * k; do { pkm2 = (pkm1 * r - pk * x) / x; pk = pkm1; pkm1 = pkm2; r -= 2.0; } while( --k > 0 ); if( fabs(pk) > fabs(pkm1) ) ans = j1(x)/pk; else ans = j0(x)/pkm1; return( sign * ans ); }