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§10.37 Inequalities; Monotonicity

If \nu (\geq 0) is fixed, then throughout the interval 0<x<\infty, \mathop{I_{{\nu}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(x\right) is positive and increasing, and \mathop{K_{{\nu}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(x\right) is positive and decreasing.

If x (>0) is fixed, then throughout the interval 0<\nu<\infty, \mathop{I_{{\nu}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(x\right) is decreasing, and \mathop{K_{{\nu}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(x\right) is increasing.

For sharper inequalities when the variables are real see Paris (1984) and Laforgia (1991).

If 0\leq\nu<\mu and |\mathop{\mathrm{ph}\/}\nolimits z|<\pi, then

See also Pal{}^{{\prime}}tsev (1999) and Petropoulou (2000).