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§28.35 Tables

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§28.35(i) Real Variables

  • Blanch and Clemm (1962) includes values of \mathop{{\mathrm{Mc}^{{(1)}}_{{n}}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(x,\sqrt{q}\right) and {\mathop{{\mathrm{Mc}^{{(1)}}_{{n}}}\/}\nolimits^{{\prime}}}\!\left(x,\sqrt{q}\right) for n=0(1)15 with q=0(.05)1, x=0(.02)1. Also \mathop{{\mathrm{Ms}^{{(1)}}_{{n}}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(x,\sqrt{q}\right) and {\mathop{{\mathrm{Ms}^{{(1)}}_{{n}}}\/}\nolimits^{{\prime}}}\!\left(x,\sqrt{q}\right) for n=1(1)15 with q=0(.05)1, x=0(.02)1. Precision is generally 7D.

  • Blanch and Clemm (1965) includes values of \mathop{{\mathrm{Mc}^{{(2)}}_{{n}}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(x,\sqrt{q}\right), {\mathop{{\mathrm{Mc}^{{(2)}}_{{n}}}\/}\nolimits^{{\prime}}}\!\left(x,\sqrt{q}\right) for n=0(1)7, x=0(.02)1; n=8(1)15, x=0(.01)1. Also \mathop{{\mathrm{Ms}^{{(2)}}_{{n}}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(x,\sqrt{q}\right), {\mathop{{\mathrm{Ms}^{{(2)}}_{{n}}}\/}\nolimits^{{\prime}}}\!\left(x,\sqrt{q}\right) for n=1(1)7, x=0(.02)1; n=8(1)15, x=0(.01)1. In all cases q=0(.05)1. Precision is generally 7D. Approximate formulas and graphs are also included.

  • Blanch and Rhodes (1955) includes \mathit{Be}_{n}(t), \mathit{Bo}_{n}(t), t=\tfrac{1}{2}\sqrt{q}, n=0(1)15; 8D. The range of t is 0 to 0.1, with step sizes ranging from 0.002 down to 0.00025. Notation: \mathit{Be}_{n}(t)=\mathop{a_{{n}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(q\right)+2q-(4n+2)\sqrt{q}, \mathit{Bo}_{n}(t)=\mathop{b_{{n}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(q\right)+2q-(4n-2)\sqrt{q}.

  • Ince (1932) includes eigenvalues \mathop{a_{{n}}\/}\nolimits, \mathop{b_{{n}}\/}\nolimits, and Fourier coefficients for n=0 or 1(1)6, q=0(1)10(2)20(4)40; 7D. Also \mathop{\mathrm{ce}_{{n}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(x,q\right), \mathop{\mathrm{se}_{{n}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(x,q\right) for q=0(1)10, x=1(1)90, corresponding to the eigenvalues in the tables; 5D. Notation: \mathop{a_{{n}}\/}\nolimits=\mathit{be}_{n}-2q, \mathop{b_{{n}}\/}\nolimits=\mathit{bo}_{n}-2q.

  • Kirkpatrick (1960) contains tables of the modified functions \mathop{\mathrm{Ce}_{{n}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(x,q\right), \mathop{\mathrm{Se}_{{n+1}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(x,q\right) for n=0(1)5, q=1(1)20, x=0.1(.1)1; 4D or 5D.

  • National Bureau of Standards (1967) includes the eigenvalues \mathop{a_{{n}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(q\right), \mathop{b_{{n}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(q\right) for n=0(1)3 with q=0(.2)20(.5)37(1)100, and n=4(1)15 with q=0(2)100; Fourier coefficients for \mathop{\mathrm{ce}_{{n}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(x,q\right) and \mathop{\mathrm{se}_{{n}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(x,q\right) for n=0(1)15, n=1(1)15, respectively, and various values of q in the interval [0,100]; joining factors g_{{\mathit{e},n}}(\sqrt{q}), f_{{\mathit{e},n}}(\sqrt{q}) for n=0(1)15 with q=0(.5\mbox{ to }10)100 (but in a different notation). Also, eigenvalues for large values of q. Precision is generally 8D.

  • Stratton et al. (1941) includes b_{n}, b_{n}^{{\prime}}, and the corresponding Fourier coefficients for \mathrm{Se}_{n}(c,x) and \mathrm{So}_{n}(c,x) for n=0 or 1(1)4, c=0(.1~{}\textrm{or}~{}.2)4.5. Precision is mostly 5S. Notation: c=2\sqrt{q}, b_{n}=a_{n}+2q, b^{{\prime}}_{n}=b_{n}+2q, and for \mathrm{Se}_{n}(c,x), \mathrm{So}_{n}(c,x) see §28.1.

  • Zhang and Jin (1996, pp. 521–532) includes the eigenvalues \mathop{a_{{n}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(q\right), \mathop{b_{{n+1}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(q\right) for n=0(1)4, q=0(1)50; n=0(1)20 (a’s) or 19 (b’s), q=1,3,5,10,15,25,50(50)200. Fourier coefficients for \mathop{\mathrm{ce}_{{n}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(x,10\right), \mathop{\mathrm{se}_{{n+1}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(x,10\right), n=0(1)7. Mathieu functions \mathop{\mathrm{ce}_{{n}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(x,10\right), \mathop{\mathrm{se}_{{n+1}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(x,10\right), and their first x-derivatives for n=0(1)4, x=0(5^{\circ})90^{\circ}. Modified Mathieu functions \mathop{{\mathrm{Mc}^{{(j)}}_{{n}}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(x,\sqrt{10}\right), \mathop{{\mathrm{Ms}^{{(j)}}_{{n+1}}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(x,\sqrt{10}\right), and their first x-derivatives for n=0(1)4, j=1,2, x=0(.2)4. Precision is mostly 9S.

§28.35(ii) Complex Variables

  • Blanch and Clemm (1969) includes eigenvalues \mathop{a_{{n}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(q\right), \mathop{b_{{n}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(q\right) for q=\rho e^{{i\phi}}, \rho=0(.5)25, \phi=5^{\circ}(5^{\circ})90^{\circ}, n=0(1)15; 4D. Also \mathop{a_{{n}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(q\right) and \mathop{b_{{n}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(q\right) for q=i\rho, \rho=0(.5)100, n=0(2)14 and n=2(2)16, respectively; 8D. Double points for n=0(1)15; 8D. Graphs are included.

§28.35(iii) Zeros

  • Blanch and Clemm (1965) includes the first and second zeros of \mathop{{\mathrm{Mc}^{{(2)}}_{{n}}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(x,\sqrt{q}\right), {\mathop{{\mathrm{Mc}^{{(2)}}_{{n}}}\/}\nolimits^{{\prime}}}\!\left(x,\sqrt{q}\right) for n=0,1, and \mathop{{\mathrm{Ms}^{{(2)}}_{{n}}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(x,\sqrt{q}\right), {\mathop{{\mathrm{Ms}^{{(2)}}_{{n}}}\/}\nolimits^{{\prime}}}\!\left(x,\sqrt{q}\right) for n=1,2, with q=0(.05)1; 7D.

  • Ince (1932) includes the first zero for \mathop{\mathrm{ce}_{{n}}\/}\nolimits, \mathop{\mathrm{se}_{{n}}\/}\nolimits for n=2(1)5 or 6, q=0(1)10(2)40; 4D. This reference also gives zeros of the first derivatives, together with expansions for small q.

  • Zhang and Jin (1996, pp. 533–535) includes the zeros (in degrees) of \mathop{\mathrm{ce}_{{n}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(x,10\right), \mathop{\mathrm{se}_{{n}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(x,10\right) for n=1(1)10, and the first 5 zeros of \mathop{{\mathrm{Mc}^{{(j)}}_{{n}}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(x,\sqrt{10}\right), \mathop{{\mathrm{Ms}^{{(j)}}_{{n}}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(x,\sqrt{10}\right) for n=0 or 1(1)8, j=1,2. Precision is mostly 9S.

§28.35(iv) Further Tables

For other tables prior to 1961 see Fletcher et al. (1962, §2.2) and Lebedev and Fedorova (1960, Chapter 11).