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35 Functions of Matrix Argument Properties 35.4 Partitions and Zonal Polynomials 35.6 Confluent Hypergeometric Functions of Matrix Argument

§35.5 Bessel Functions of Matrix Argument

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Keywords:: Bessel functions, of matrix argument
Permalink:: http://dlmf.nist.gov/35.5
See also:: Annotations for Ch.35

Contents

§35.5(i) Definitions
§35.5(ii) Properties
§35.5(iii) Asymptotic Approximations

§35.5(i) Definitions

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Defines:: $A_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{\mathbf{T}}\right)$ : Bessel function of matrix argument (first kind)
Keywords:: Bessel functions, definitions, of matrix argument
Notes:: See Bochner (1952), Herz (1955), Gross and Kunze (1976).
Permalink:: http://dlmf.nist.gov/35.5.i
See also:: Annotations for §35.5 and Ch.35

35.5.1		$A_{\nu}\left(\boldsymbol{{0}}\right)=\frac{1}{\Gamma_{m}\left(\nu+\frac{1}{2}(% m+1)\right)},$
$\nu\in\mathbb{C}$ .
ⓘ Symbols: $A_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{\mathbf{T}}\right)$ : Bessel function of matrix argument (first kind), $\mathbb{C}$ : complex plane, $\in$ : element of, $\Gamma_{\NVar{m}}\left(\NVar{a}\right)$ : multivariate gamma function, $m$ : positive integer and $\boldsymbol{{0}}$ : $m\times m$ matrix of zeros Permalink: http://dlmf.nist.gov/35.5.E1 Encodings: TeX, pMML, png See also: Annotations for §35.5(i), §35.5 and Ch.35

35.5.2		$A_{\nu}\left(\mathbf{T}\right)=A_{\nu}\left(\boldsymbol{{0}}\right)\sum_{k=0}^% {\infty}\frac{(-1)^{k}}{k!}\sum_{\|\kappa\|=k}\frac{1}{{\left[\nu+\frac{1}{2}(m+% 1)\right]_{\kappa}}}Z_{\kappa}\left(\mathbf{T}\right),$
$\nu\in\mathbb{C}$ , $\mathbf{T}\in\boldsymbol{\mathcal{S}}$ .
ⓘ Symbols: $A_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{\mathbf{T}}\right)$ : Bessel function of matrix argument (first kind), $\mathbb{C}$ : complex plane, $\in$ : element of, $!$ : factorial (as in $n!$ ), ${\left[\NVar{a}\right]_{\NVar{\kappa}}}$ : partitional shifted factorial, $Z_{\NVar{\kappa}}\left(\NVar{\mathbf{T}}\right)$ : zonal polynomial, $\boldsymbol{\mathcal{S}}$ : space of real symmetric $m\times m$ matrices, $\mathbf{T}$ : real symmetric $m\times m$ matrix, $k$ : nonnegative integer, $m$ : positive integer, $\boldsymbol{{0}}$ : $m\times m$ matrix of zeros and $\kappa$ : vector of nonnegative integers Permalink: http://dlmf.nist.gov/35.5.E2 Encodings: TeX, pMML, png See also: Annotations for §35.5(i), §35.5 and Ch.35

35.5.3		$B_{\nu}\left(\mathbf{T}\right)=\int_{\boldsymbol{\Omega}}\operatorname{etr}% \left(-(\mathbf{T}\mathbf{X}+\mathbf{X}^{-1})\right)\left\|\mathbf{X}\right\|^{% \nu-\frac{1}{2}(m+1)}\,\mathrm{d}{\mathbf{X}},$
$\nu\in\mathbb{C}$ , $\mathbf{T}\in{\boldsymbol{\Omega}}$ .
ⓘ Defines: $B_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{\mathbf{T}}\right)$ : Bessel function of matrix argument (second kind) Symbols: $\mathbb{C}$ : complex plane, $\in$ : element of, $\operatorname{etr}\left(\NVar{\mathbf{A}}\right)$ : exponential of trace, $\int$ : integral, $\mathbf{T}$ : real symmetric $m\times m$ matrix, $\mathbf{X}$ : real symmetric $m\times m$ matrix, $\left\|\NVar{\mathbf{X}}\right\|$ : determinant of $\NVar{\mathbf{X}}$ , $\,\mathrm{d}$ : differential of matrix, ${\boldsymbol{\Omega}}$ : space of positive-definite real symmetric $m\times m$ matrices and $m$ : positive integer Referenced by: §35.9 Permalink: http://dlmf.nist.gov/35.5.E3 Encodings: TeX, pMML, png See also: Annotations for §35.5(i), §35.5 and Ch.35

§35.5(ii) Properties

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Keywords:: Bessel functions, of matrix argument, properties
Notes:: See Herz (1955). See also Terras (1988, pp. 49–63), Butler and Wood (2003).
Permalink:: http://dlmf.nist.gov/35.5.ii
See also:: Annotations for §35.5 and Ch.35

35.5.4		$\int_{\boldsymbol{\Omega}}\operatorname{etr}\left(-\mathbf{T}\mathbf{X}\right)% \left\|\mathbf{X}\right\|^{\nu}A_{\nu}\left(\mathbf{S}\mathbf{X}\right)\,\mathrm% {d}{\mathbf{X}}=\operatorname{etr}\left(-\mathbf{S}\mathbf{T}^{-1}\right)\left% \|\mathbf{T}\right\|^{-\nu-\frac{1}{2}(m+1)},$
$\mathbf{S}\in\boldsymbol{\mathcal{S}}$ , $\mathbf{T}\in{\boldsymbol{\Omega}}$ ; $\Re\left(\nu\right)>-1$ .
ⓘ Symbols: $A_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{\mathbf{T}}\right)$ : Bessel function of matrix argument (first kind), $\in$ : element of, $\operatorname{etr}\left(\NVar{\mathbf{A}}\right)$ : exponential of trace, $\int$ : integral, $\Re$ : real part, $\boldsymbol{\mathcal{S}}$ : space of real symmetric $m\times m$ matrices, $\mathbf{S}$ : real symmetric $m\times m$ matrix, $\mathbf{T}$ : real symmetric $m\times m$ matrix, $\mathbf{X}$ : real symmetric $m\times m$ matrix, $\left\|\NVar{\mathbf{X}}\right\|$ : determinant of $\NVar{\mathbf{X}}$ , $\,\mathrm{d}$ : differential of matrix, ${\boldsymbol{\Omega}}$ : space of positive-definite real symmetric $m\times m$ matrices and $m$ : positive integer Permalink: http://dlmf.nist.gov/35.5.E4 Encodings: TeX, pMML, png See also: Annotations for §35.5(ii), §35.5 and Ch.35

35.5.5		$\int\limits_{\boldsymbol{{0}}<\mathbf{X}<\mathbf{T}}A_{\nu_{1}}\left(\mathbf{S% }_{1}\mathbf{X}\right)\left\|\mathbf{X}\right\|^{\nu_{1}}\*A_{\nu_{2}}\left(% \mathbf{S}_{2}(\mathbf{T}-\mathbf{X})\right)\left\|\mathbf{T}-\mathbf{X}\right\|% ^{\nu_{2}}\,\mathrm{d}{\mathbf{X}}=\left\|\mathbf{T}\right\|^{\nu_{1}+\nu_{2}+% \frac{1}{2}(m+1)}A_{\nu_{1}+\nu_{2}+\frac{1}{2}(m+1)}\left((\mathbf{S}_{1}+% \mathbf{S}_{2})\mathbf{T}\right),$
$\nu_{j}\in\mathbb{C}$ , $\Re\left(\nu_{j}\right)>-1$ , $j=1,2$ ; $\mathbf{S}_{1},\mathbf{S}_{2}\in\boldsymbol{\mathcal{S}}$ ; $\mathbf{T}\in{\boldsymbol{\Omega}}$ .
ⓘ Symbols: $A_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{\mathbf{T}}\right)$ : Bessel function of matrix argument (first kind), $\mathbb{C}$ : complex plane, $\in$ : element of, $\int$ : integral, $\Re$ : real part, $\boldsymbol{\mathcal{S}}$ : space of real symmetric $m\times m$ matrices, $\mathbf{S}$ : real symmetric $m\times m$ matrix, $\mathbf{T}$ : real symmetric $m\times m$ matrix, $\mathbf{X}$ : real symmetric $m\times m$ matrix, $\left\|\NVar{\mathbf{X}}\right\|$ : determinant of $\NVar{\mathbf{X}}$ , $\,\mathrm{d}$ : differential of matrix, ${\boldsymbol{\Omega}}$ : space of positive-definite real symmetric $m\times m$ matrices, $<$ : less-than for matrices, $j$ : nonnegative integer, $m$ : positive integer and $\boldsymbol{{0}}$ : $m\times m$ matrix of zeros Permalink: http://dlmf.nist.gov/35.5.E5 Encodings: TeX, pMML, png See also: Annotations for §35.5(ii), §35.5 and Ch.35

35.5.6		$B_{\nu}\left(\mathbf{T}\right)=\left\|\mathbf{T}\right\|^{-\nu}B_{-\nu}\left(% \mathbf{T}\right),$
$\nu\in\mathbb{C}$ , $\mathbf{T}\in{\boldsymbol{\Omega}}$ .
ⓘ Symbols: $B_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{\mathbf{T}}\right)$ : Bessel function of matrix argument (second kind), $\mathbb{C}$ : complex plane, $\in$ : element of, $\mathbf{T}$ : real symmetric $m\times m$ matrix, $\left\|\NVar{\mathbf{X}}\right\|$ : determinant of $\NVar{\mathbf{X}}$ and ${\boldsymbol{\Omega}}$ : space of positive-definite real symmetric $m\times m$ matrices Permalink: http://dlmf.nist.gov/35.5.E6 Encodings: TeX, pMML, png See also: Annotations for §35.5(ii), §35.5 and Ch.35

35.5.7		$\int_{\boldsymbol{\Omega}}A_{\nu_{1}}\left(\mathbf{T}\mathbf{X}\right)B_{-\nu_% {2}}\left(\mathbf{S}\mathbf{X}\right)\left\|\mathbf{X}\right\|^{\nu_{1}}\,% \mathrm{d}{\mathbf{X}}=\frac{1}{A_{\nu_{1}+\nu_{2}}\left(\boldsymbol{{0}}% \right)}\left\|\mathbf{S}\right\|^{\nu_{2}}\left\|\mathbf{T}+\mathbf{S}\right\|^{-% (\nu_{1}+\nu_{2}+\frac{1}{2}(m+1))},$
$\Re\left(\nu_{1}+\nu_{2}\right)>-1$ ; $\mathbf{S},\mathbf{T}\in{\boldsymbol{\Omega}}$ .
ⓘ Symbols: $A_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{\mathbf{T}}\right)$ : Bessel function of matrix argument (first kind), $B_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{\mathbf{T}}\right)$ : Bessel function of matrix argument (second kind), $\in$ : element of, $\int$ : integral, $\Re$ : real part, $\mathbf{S}$ : real symmetric $m\times m$ matrix, $\mathbf{T}$ : real symmetric $m\times m$ matrix, $\mathbf{X}$ : real symmetric $m\times m$ matrix, $\left\|\NVar{\mathbf{X}}\right\|$ : determinant of $\NVar{\mathbf{X}}$ , $\,\mathrm{d}$ : differential of matrix, ${\boldsymbol{\Omega}}$ : space of positive-definite real symmetric $m\times m$ matrices, $m$ : positive integer and $\boldsymbol{{0}}$ : $m\times m$ matrix of zeros Permalink: http://dlmf.nist.gov/35.5.E7 Encodings: TeX, pMML, png See also: Annotations for §35.5(ii), §35.5 and Ch.35

35.5.8		$\int_{\mathbf{O}(m)}\operatorname{etr}\left(\mathbf{S}\mathbf{H}\right)\mathrm% {d}{\mathbf{H}}=\frac{A_{-1/2}\left(-\frac{1}{4}\mathbf{S}\mathbf{S}^{\mathrm{% T}}\right)}{A_{-1/2}\left(\boldsymbol{{0}}\right)},$
$\mathbf{S}$ arbitrary.
ⓘ Symbols: $A_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{\mathbf{T}}\right)$ : Bessel function of matrix argument (first kind), $\operatorname{etr}\left(\NVar{\mathbf{A}}\right)$ : exponential of trace, $\int$ : integral, $\mathbf{S}$ : real symmetric $m\times m$ matrix, $\mathbf{O}(m)$ : space of $m\times m$ orthogonal matrices, $\mathbf{H}$ : orthogonal $m\times m$ matrix, $\mathrm{d}{\mathbf{H}}$ : normalized Haar measure on $\mathbf{O}(m)$ , $m$ : positive integer and $\boldsymbol{{0}}$ : $m\times m$ matrix of zeros Referenced by: §35.10, §35.9 Permalink: http://dlmf.nist.gov/35.5.E8 Encodings: TeX, pMML, png See also: Annotations for §35.5(ii), §35.5 and Ch.35

§35.5(iii) Asymptotic Approximations

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Keywords:: Bessel functions, asymptotic approximations, of matrix argument
Permalink:: http://dlmf.nist.gov/35.5.iii
See also:: Annotations for §35.5 and Ch.35

For asymptotic approximations for Bessel functions of matrix argument, see Herz (1955) and Butler and Wood (2003).

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