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§10.68 Modulus and Phase Functions

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§10.68(ii) Basic Properties

10.68.7
\mathop{M_{{-n}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(x\right)=\mathop{M_{{n}}\/}\nolimits\!%
\left(x\right),
\mathop{\theta_{{-n}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(x\right)=\mathop{\theta_{{n}}\/}%
\nolimits\!\left(x\right)-n\pi.

With arguments (x) suppressed,

Equations (10.68.8)–(10.68.14) also hold with the symbols \mathop{\mathrm{ber}\/}\nolimits, \mathop{\mathrm{bei}\/}\nolimits, \mathop{M\/}\nolimits, and \mathop{\theta\/}\nolimits replaced throughout by \mathop{\mathrm{ker}\/}\nolimits, \mathop{\mathrm{kei}\/}\nolimits, \mathop{N\/}\nolimits, and \mathop{\phi\/}\nolimits, respectively. In place of (10.68.7),

§10.68(iii) Asymptotic Expansions for Large Argument

When \nu is fixed, \mu=4\nu^{2}, and x\to\infty

§10.68(iv) Further Properties

Additional properties of the modulus and phase functions are given in Young and Kirk (1964, pp. xi–xv). However, care needs to be exercised with the branches of the phases. Thus this reference gives \mathop{\phi_{{1}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(0\right)=\tfrac{5}{4}\pi (Eq. (6.10)), and \lim_{{x\to\infty}}(\mathop{\phi_{{1}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(x\right)+(x/\sqrt{2}%
))=-\tfrac{5}{8}\pi (Eqs. (10.20) and (Eqs. (10.26b)). However, numerical tabulations show that if the second of these equations applies and \mathop{\phi_{{1}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(x\right) is continuous, then \mathop{\phi_{{1}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(0\right)=-\tfrac{3}{4}\pi; compare Abramowitz and Stegun (1964, p. 433).