boost/libs/math/doc/sf/bessel_jy.qbk

[section:bessel_first Bessel Functions of the First and Second Kinds]

[h4 Synopsis]

`#include <boost/math/special_functions/bessel.hpp>`

   template <class T1, class T2>
   ``__sf_result`` cyl_bessel_j(T1 v, T2 x);

   template <class T1, class T2, class ``__Policy``>
   ``__sf_result`` cyl_bessel_j(T1 v, T2 x, const ``__Policy``&);

   template <class T1, class T2>
   ``__sf_result`` cyl_neumann(T1 v, T2 x);

   template <class T1, class T2, class ``__Policy``>
   ``__sf_result`` cyl_neumann(T1 v, T2 x, const ``__Policy``&);


[h4 Description]

The functions __cyl_bessel_j and __cyl_neumann return the result of the
Bessel functions of the first and second kinds respectively:

cyl_bessel_j(v, x) = J[sub v](x)

cyl_neumann(v, x) = Y[sub v](x) = N[sub v](x)

where:

[equation bessel2]

[equation bessel3]

The return type of these functions is computed using the __arg_pomotion_rules
when T1 and T2 are different types.  The functions are also optimised for the
relatively common case that T1 is an integer.

[optional_policy]

The functions return the result of __domain_error whenever the result is
undefined or complex.  For __cyl_bessel_j this occurs when `x < 0` and v is not
an integer, or when `x == 0` and `v != 0`.  For __cyl_neumann this occurs
when `x <= 0`.

The following graph illustrates the cyclic nature of J[sub v]:

[graph cyl_bessel_j]

The following graph shows the behaviour of Y[sub v]: this is also
cyclic for large /x/, but tends to -[infin][space] for small /x/:

[graph cyl_neumann]

[h4 Testing]

There are two sets of test values: spot values calculated using
[@http://functions.wolfram.com functions.wolfram.com],
and a much larger set of tests computed using
a simplified version of this implementation
(with all the special case handling removed).

[h4 Accuracy]

The following tables show how the accuracy of these functions
varies on various platforms, along with comparisons to the __gsl and
__cephes libraries.  Note that the cyclic nature of these
functions means that they have an infinite number of irrational
roots: in general these functions have arbitrarily large /relative/
errors when the arguments are sufficiently close to a root.  Of
course the absolute error in such cases is always small.
Note that only results for the widest floating-point type on the
system are given as narrower types have __zero_error.  All values
are relative errors in units of epsilon.

[table Errors Rates in cyl_bessel_j
[[Significand Size] [Platform and Compiler] [J[sub 0][space] and J[sub 1]] [J[sub v]] [J[sub v][space] (large values of x > 1000)] ]
[[53] [Win32 / Visual C++ 8.0]
      [Peak=2.5 Mean=1.1

GSL Peak=6.6

__cephes Peak=2.5 Mean=1.1]
      [Peak=11 Mean=2.2

GSL Peak=11

__cephes Peak=17 Mean=2.5]
      [Peak=59 Mean=10

GSL Peak=6x10[super 11]

__cephes Peak=2x10[super 5] ] ]
[[64] [Red Hat Linux IA64 / G++ 3.4] [Peak=7 Mean=3] [Peak=117 Mean=10] [Peak=2x10[super 4][space] Mean=6x10[super 3]] ]
[[64] [SUSE Linux AMD64 / G++ 4.1] [Peak=7 Mean=3] [Peak=400 Mean=40] [Peak=2x10[super 4][space] Mean=1x10[super 4]] ]
[[113] [HP-UX / HP aCC 6] [Peak=14 Mean=6] [Peak=29 Mean=3] [Peak=2700 Mean=450] ]
]

[table Errors Rates in cyl_neumann
[[Significand Size] [Platform and Compiler] [Y[sub 0][space] and Y[sub 1]] [Y[sub n] (integer orders)] [Y[sub v] (fractional orders)] ]
[[53] [Win32 / Visual C++ 8.0]
      [Peak=4.7 Mean=1.7

GSL Peak=34 Mean=9

__cephes Peak=330 Mean=54]
      [Peak=117 Mean=10

GSL Peak=500 Mean=54

__cephes Peak=923 Mean=83]
      [Peak=800 Mean=40

GSL Peak=1.4x10[super 6][space] Mean\=7x10[super 4][space]

__cephes Peak=+INF]]
[[64] [Red Hat Linux IA64 / G++ 3.4] [Peak=470 Mean=56] [Peak=843 Mean=51] [Peak=741 Mean=51] ]
[[64] [SUSE Linux AMD64 / G++ 4.1] [Peak=1300 Mean=424] [Peak=2x10[super 4][space] Mean=8x10[super 3]] [Peak=1x10[super 5][space] Mean=6x10[super 3]] ]
[[113] [HP-UX / HP aCC 6] [Peak=180 Mean=63] [Peak=340 Mean=150] [Peak=2x10[super 4][space] Mean=1200] ]
]

Note that for large /x/ these functions are largely dependent on
the accuracy of the `std::sin` and `std::cos` functions.

Comparison to GSL and __cephes is interesting: both __cephes and this library optimise
the integer order case - leading to identical results - simply using the general
case is for the most part slightly more accurate though, as noted by the
better accuracy of GSL in the integer argument cases.  This implementation tends to
perform much better when the arguments become large, __cephes in particular produces
some remarkably inaccurate results with some of the test data (no significant figures
correct), and even GSL performs badly with some inputs to J[sub v].  Note that
by way of double-checking these results, the worst performing __cephes and GSL cases
were recomputed using [@http://functions.wolfram.com functions.wolfram.com],
and the result checked against our test data: no errors in the test data were found.

[h4 Implementation]

The implementation is mostly about filtering off various special cases:

When /x/ is negative, then the order /v/ must be an integer or the
result is a domain error.  If the order is an integer then the function
is odd for odd orders and even for even orders, so we reflect to /x > 0/.

When the order /v/ is negative then the reflection formulae can be used to
move to /v > 0/:

[equation bessel9]

[equation bessel10]

Note that if the order is an integer, then these formulae reduce to:

J[sub -n] = (-1)[super n]J[sub n]

Y[sub -n] = (-1)[super n]Y[sub n]

However, in general, a negative order implies that we will need to compute
both J and Y.

When /x/ is large compared to the order /v/ then the asymptotic expansions
for large /x/ in M. Abramowitz and I.A. Stegun,
['Handbook of Mathematical Functions] 9.2.19 are used
(these were found to be more reliable
than those in A&S 9.2.5).

When the order /v/ is an integer the method first relates the result
to J[sub 0], J[sub 1], Y[sub 0][space] and Y[sub 1][space] using either
forwards or backwards recurrence (Miller's algorithm) depending upon which is stable.
The values for J[sub 0], J[sub 1], Y[sub 0][space] and Y[sub 1][space] are
calculated using the rational minimax approximations on
root-bracketing intervals for small ['|x|] and Hankel asymptotic
expansion for large ['|x|]. The coefficients are from:

W.J. Cody, ['ALGORITHM 715: SPECFUN - A Portable FORTRAN Package of
Special Function Routines and Test Drivers], ACM Transactions on Mathematical
Software, vol 19, 22 (1993).

and

J.F. Hart et al, ['Computer Approximations], John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1968.

These approximations are accurate to around 19 decimal digits: therefore
these methods are not used when type T has more than 64 binary digits.

When /x/ is smaller than machine epsilon then the following approximations for
Y[sub 0](x), Y[sub 1](x), Y[sub 2](x) and Y[sub n](x) can be used
(see: [@http://functions.wolfram.com/03.03.06.0037.01 http://functions.wolfram.com/03.03.06.0037.01],
[@http://functions.wolfram.com/03.03.06.0038.01 http://functions.wolfram.com/03.03.06.0038.01],
[@http://functions.wolfram.com/03.03.06.0039.01 http://functions.wolfram.com/03.03.06.0039.01]
and [@http://functions.wolfram.com/03.03.06.0040.01 http://functions.wolfram.com/03.03.06.0040.01]):

[equation bessel_y0_small_z]

[equation bessel_y1_small_z]

[equation bessel_y2_small_z]

[equation bessel_yn_small_z]

When /x/ is small compared to /v/ and /v/ is not an integer, then the following
series approximation can be used for Y[sub v](x), this is also an area where other
approximations are often too slow to converge to be used
(see [@http://functions.wolfram.com/03.03.06.0034.01 http://functions.wolfram.com/03.03.06.0034.01]):

[equation bessel_yv_small_z]

When /x/ is small compared to /v/, J[sub v]x[space] is best computed directly from the series:

[equation bessel2]

In the general case we compute J[sub v][space] and
Y[sub v][space] simultaneously.

To get the initial values, let
[mu][space] = [nu] - floor([nu] + 1/2), then [mu][space] is the fractional part
of [nu][space] such that
|[mu]| <= 1/2 (we need this for convergence later). The idea is to
calculate J[sub [mu]](x), J[sub [mu]+1](x), Y[sub [mu]](x), Y[sub [mu]+1](x)
and use them to obtain J[sub [nu]](x), Y[sub [nu]](x).

The algorithm is called Steed's method, which needs two
continued fractions as well as the Wronskian:

[equation bessel8]

[equation bessel11]

[equation bessel12]

See: F.S. Acton, ['Numerical Methods that Work],
    The Mathematical Association of America, Washington, 1997.

The continued fractions are computed using the modified Lentz's method
(W.J. Lentz, ['Generating Bessel functions in Mie scattering calculations
using continued fractions], Applied Optics, vol 15, 668 (1976)).
Their convergence rates depend on ['x], therefore we need
different strategies for large ['x] and small ['x].

['x > v], CF1 needs O(['x]) iterations to converge, CF2 converges rapidly

['x <= v], CF1 converges rapidly, CF2 fails to converge when ['x] [^->] 0

When ['x] is large (['x] > 2), both continued fractions converge (CF1
may be slow for really large ['x]). J[sub [mu]], J[sub [mu]+1],
Y[sub [mu]], Y[sub [mu]+1] can be calculated by

[equation bessel13]

where

[equation bessel14]

J[sub [nu]] and Y[sub [mu]] are then calculated using backward
(Miller's algorithm) and forward recurrence respectively.

When ['x] is small (['x] <= 2), CF2 convergence may fail (but CF1
works very well). The solution here is Temme's series:

[equation bessel15]

where

[equation bessel16]

g[sub k][space] and h[sub k][space]
are also computed by recursions (involving gamma functions), but the
formulas are a little complicated, readers are refered to
N.M. Temme, ['On the numerical evaluation of the ordinary Bessel function
of the second kind], Journal of Computational Physics, vol 21, 343 (1976).
Note Temme's series converge only for |[mu]| <= 1/2.

As the previous case, Y[sub [nu]][space] is calculated from the forward
recurrence, so is Y[sub [nu]+1]. With these two
values and f[sub [nu]], the Wronskian yields J[sub [nu]](x) directly
without backward recurrence.

[endsect]

[section:bessel_root Finding Zeros of Bessel Functions of the First and Second Kinds]

[h4 Synopsis]

`#include <boost/math/special_functions/bessel.hpp>`

Functions for obtaining both a single zero or root of the Bessel function,
and placing multiple zeros into a container like `std::vector`
by providing an output iterator.

The signature of the single value functions are:

  template <class T>
  T cyl_bessel_j_zero(
           T v,            // Floating-point value for Jv.
           int m);         // 1-based index of zero.

  template <class T>
  T cyl_neumann_zero(
           T v,            // Floating-point value for Jv.
           int m);         // 1-based index of zero.

and for multiple zeros:

 template <class T, class OutputIterator>
 OutputIterator cyl_bessel_j_zero(
                      T v,                       // Floating-point value for Jv.
                      int start_index,           // 1-based index of first zero.
                      unsigned number_of_zeros,  // How many zeros to generate.
                      OutputIterator out_it);    // Destination for zeros.

 template <class T, class OutputIterator>
 OutputIterator cyl_neumann_zero(
                      T v,                       // Floating-point value for Jv.
                      int start_index,           // 1-based index of zero.
                      unsigned number_of_zeros,  // How many zeros to generate
                      OutputIterator out_it);    // Destination for zeros.

There are also versions which allow control of the __policy_section for error handling and precision.

  template <class T>
  T cyl_bessel_j_zero(
           T v,            // Floating-point value for Jv.
           int m,          // 1-based index of zero.
           const Policy&); // Policy to use.

  template <class T>
  T cyl_neumann_zero(
           T v,            // Floating-point value for Jv.
           int m,          // 1-based index of zero.
           const Policy&); // Policy to use.


 template <class T, class OutputIterator>
 OutputIterator cyl_bessel_j_zero(
                      T v,                       // Floating-point value for Jv.
                      int start_index,           // 1-based index of first zero.
                      unsigned number_of_zeros,  // How many zeros to generate.
                      OutputIterator out_it,     // Destination for zeros.
                      const Policy& pol);        // Policy to use.

 template <class T, class OutputIterator>
 OutputIterator cyl_neumann_zero(
                      T v,                       // Floating-point value for Jv.
                      int start_index,           // 1-based index of zero.
                      unsigned number_of_zeros,  // How many zeros to generate.
                      OutputIterator out_it,     // Destination for zeros.
                      const Policy& pol);        // Policy to use.

[h4 Description]

Every real order [nu] cylindrical Bessel and Neumann functions have an infinite
number of zeros on the positive real axis. The real zeros on the positive real
axis can be found by solving for the roots of

[emquad] ['J[sub [nu]](j[sub [nu], m]) = 0]

[emquad] ['Y[sub [nu]](y[sub [nu], m]) = 0]

Here, ['j[sub [nu], m]] represents the ['m[super th]]
root of the cylindrical Bessel function of order ['[nu]],
and ['y[sub [nu], m]] represents the ['m[super th]]
root of the cylindrical Neumann function of order ['[nu]].

The zeros or roots (values of `x` where the function crosses the horizontal `y = 0` axis)
of the Bessel and Neumann functions are computed by two functions,
`cyl_bessel_j_zero` and `cyl_neumann_zero`.

In each case the index or rank of the zero
returned is 1-based, which is to say:

   cyl_bessel_j_zero(v, 1);

returns the first zero of Bessel J.

Passing an `start_index <= 0` results in a `std::domain_error` being raised.

For certain parameters, however, the zero'th root is defined and
it has a value of zero. For example, the zero'th root
of `J[sub v](x)` is defined and it has a value of zero for all
values of `v > 0` and for negative integer values of `v = -n`.
Similar cases are described in the implementation details below.

The order `v` of `J` can be positive, negative and zero for the `cyl_bessel_j`
and `cyl_neumann` functions, but not infinite nor NaN.

[graph bessel_j_zeros]

[graph neumann_y_zeros]

[h4 Examples of finding Bessel and Neumann zeros]

[import ../../example/bessel_zeros_example_1.cpp]

[bessel_zeros_example_1]
[bessel_zeros_example_2]

[import ../../example/bessel_zeros_interator_example.cpp]

[bessel_zeros_iterator_example_1]
[bessel_zeros_iterator_example_2]

[import ../../example/neumann_zeros_example_1.cpp]

[neumann_zeros_example_1]
[neumann_zeros_example_2]

[import ../../example/bessel_errors_example.cpp]

[bessel_errors_example_1]
[bessel_errors_example_2]

The full code (and output) for these examples is at
[@../../example/bessel_zeros_example_1.cpp Bessel zeros],
[@../../example/bessel_zeros_interator_example.cpp Bessel zeros iterator],
[@../../example/neumann_zeros_example_1.cpp Neumann zeros],
[@../../example/bessel_errors_example.cpp  Bessel error messages].

[h3 Implementation]

Various methods are used to compute initial estimates
for ['j[sub [nu], m]] and ['y[sub [nu], m]] ; these are described in detail below.

After finding the initial estimate of a given root,
its precision is subsequently refined to the desired level
using Newton-Raphson iteration from Boost.Math's __root_finding_with_derivatives
utilities combined with the functions __cyl_bessel_j  and __cyl_neumann.

Newton iteration requires both ['J[sub [nu]](x)] or ['Y[sub [nu]](x)]
as well as its derivative. The derivatives of ['J[sub [nu]](x)] and ['Y[sub [nu]](x)]
with respect to  ['x] are given by __Abramowitz_Stegun.
In particular,

[emquad] ['d/[sub dx] ['J[sub [nu]](x)] = ['J[sub [nu]-1](x)] - [nu] J[sub [nu]](x)] / x

[emquad] ['d/[sub dx] ['Y[sub [nu]](x)] = ['Y[sub [nu]-1](x)] - [nu] Y[sub [nu]](x)] / x

Enumeration of the rank of a root (in other words the index of a root)
begins with one and counts up, in other words
['m,=1,2,3,[ellipsis]] The value of the first root is always greater than zero.

For certain special parameters, cylindrical Bessel functions
and cylindrical Neumann functions have a root at the origin. For example,
['J[sub [nu]](x)] has a root at the origin for every positive order
['[nu] > 0], and for every negative integer order
['[nu] = -n] with ['n [isin] [negative] [super +]] and ['n [ne] 0].

In addition, ['Y[sub [nu]](x)] has a root at the origin
for every negative half-integer order ['[nu] = -n/2], with ['n [isin] [negative] [super +]] and
and ['n [ne] 0].

For these special parameter values, the origin with
a value of ['x = 0] is provided as the ['0[super th]]
root generated by `cyl_bessel_j_zero()`
and `cyl_neumann_zero()`.

When calculating initial estimates for the roots
of Bessel functions, a distinction is made between
positive order and negative order, and different
methods are used for these. In addition, different algorithms
are used for the first root ['m = 1] and
for subsequent roots with higher rank ['m [ge] 2].
Furthermore, estimates of the roots for Bessel functions
with order above and below a cutoff at ['[nu] = 2.2]
are calculated with different methods.

Calculations of the estimates of ['j[sub [nu],1]] and ['y[sub [nu],1]]
with ['0 [le] [nu] < 2.2] use empirically tabulated values.
The coefficients for these have been generated by a
computer algebra system.

Calculations of the estimates of ['j[sub [nu],1]] and ['y[sub [nu],1]]
with ['[nu][ge] 2.2] use Eqs.9.5.14 and 9.5.15 in __Abramowitz_Stegun.

In particular,

[emquad] ['j[sub [nu],1] [cong] [nu] + 1.85575 [nu][super [frac13]] + 1.033150 [nu][super -[frac13]] - 0.00397 [nu][super -1] - 0.0908 [nu][super -5/3] + 0.043 [nu][super -7/3] + [ellipsis]]

and

[emquad] ['y[sub [nu],1] [cong] [nu] + 0.93157 [nu][super [frac13]] + 0.26035 [nu][super -[frac13]] + 0.01198 [nu][super -1] - 0.0060 [nu][super -5/3] - 0.001 [nu][super -7/3] + [ellipsis]]

Calculations of the estimates of ['j[sub [nu], m]]  and  ['y[sub [nu], m]]
with rank ['m > 2] and ['0 [le] [nu] < 2.2]  use
McMahon's approximation, as described in M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegan, Section 9.5 and 9.5.12.
In particular,

[emquad] ['j[sub [nu],m], y[sub [nu],m] [cong] [beta] - ([mu]-1) / 8[beta]]

[emquad] [emquad] [emquad] ['- 4([mu]-1)(7[mu] - 31) / 3(8[beta])[super 3]]

[emquad] [emquad] [emquad] ['-32([mu]-1)(83[mu][sup2] - 982[mu] + 3779) / 15(8[beta])[super 5]]

[emquad] [emquad] [emquad] ['-64([mu]-1)(6949[mu][super 3] - 153855[mu][sup2] + 1585743[mu]- 6277237) / 105(8a)[super 7]]

[emquad] [emquad] [emquad] ['- [ellipsis]]       [emquad] [emquad]                                              (5)

where ['[mu] = 4[nu][super 2]] and ['[beta] = (m + [frac12][nu] - [frac14])[pi]]
for ['j[sub [nu],m]] and
['[beta] = (m + [frac12][nu] -[frac34])[pi] for ['y[sub [nu],m]]].

Calculations of the estimates of ['j[sub [nu], m]]  and  ['y[sub [nu], m]]
with ['[nu] [ge] 2.2] use
one term in the asymptotic expansion given in
Eq.9.5.22 and top line of Eq.9.5.26 combined with Eq. 9.3.39,
all in __Abramowitz_Stegun explicit and easy-to-understand treatment
for asymptotic expansion of zeros.
The latter two equations are expressed for argument ['(x)] greater than one.
(Olver also gives the series form of the equations in
[@http://dlmf.nist.gov/10.21#vi [sect]10.21(vi) McMahon's Asymptotic Expansions for Large Zeros] - using slightly different variable names).

In summary,

[emquad] ['j[sub [nu], m] [sim] [nu]x(-[zeta]) + f[sub 1](-[zeta]/[nu])]

where ['-[zeta] = [nu][super -2/3]a[sub m]] and ['a[sub m]] is
the absolute value of the ['m[super th]] root of ['Ai(x)] on the negative real axis.

Here ['x = x(-[zeta])] is the inverse of the function

[emquad] ['[frac23](-[zeta])[super 3/2] = [radic](x[sup2] - 1) - cos[supminus][sup1](1/x)]  [emquad] [emquad]   (7)

Furthermore,

[emquad] ['f[sub 1](-[zeta]) = [frac12]x(-[zeta]) {h(-[zeta])}[sup2] [sdot] b[sub 0](-[zeta])]

where

[emquad] ['h(-[zeta]) = {4(-[zeta]) / (x[sup2] - 1)}[super 4]]

and

[emquad] ['b[sub 0](-[zeta]) = -5/(48[zeta][sup2]) + 1/(-[zeta])[super [frac12]] [sdot] { 5/(24(x[super 2]-1)[super 3/2]) + 1/(8(x[super 2]-1)[super [frac12])]}]

When solving for ['x(-[zeta])] in Eq. 7 above,
the right-hand-side is expanded to order 2 in
a Taylor series for large ['x]. This results in

[emquad] ['[frac23](-[zeta])[super 3/2] [approx] x + 1/2x - [pi]/2]

The positive root of the resulting quadratic equation
is used to find an initial estimate ['x(-[zeta])].
This initial estimate is subsequently refined with
several steps of Newton-Raphson iteration
in Eq. 7.

Estimates of the roots of cylindrical Bessel functions
of negative order on the positive real axis are found
using interlacing relations. For example, the ['m[super th]]
root of the cylindrical Bessel function ['j[sub -[nu],m]]
is bracketed by the ['m[super th]] root and the
['(m+1)[super th]] root of the Bessel function of
corresponding positive integer order. In other words,

[emquad]  ['j[sub n[nu],m]] <  ['j[sub -[nu],m]] <  ['j[sub n[nu],m+1]]

where ['m > 1] and ['n[sub [nu]]] represents the integral
floor of the absolute value of ['|-[nu]|].

Similar bracketing relations are used to find estimates
of the roots of Neumann functions of negative order,
whereby a discontinuity at every negative half-integer
order needs to be handled.

Bracketing relations do not hold for the first root
of cylindrical Bessel functions and cylindrical Neumann
functions with negative order. Therefore, iterative algorithms
combined with root-finding via bisection are used
to localize ['j[sub -[nu],1]] and ['y[sub -[nu],1]].

[h3 Testing]

The precision of evaluation of zeros was tested at 50 decimal digits using `cpp_dec_float_50`
and found identical with spot values computed by __WolframAlpha.

[endsect]  [/section:bessel Finding Zeros of Bessel Functions of the First and Second Kinds]

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