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11: 10.51 Recurrence Relations and Derivatives

… ►Let $f_n(z)$ denote any of ${𝗃}_n\left(z\right)$, ${𝗒}_n\left(z\right)$, ${𝗁}_n^{(1)}\left(z\right)$, or ${𝗁}_n^{(2)}\left(z\right)$. … ►

$$n{f}_{n-1}(z)-(n+1)f_{n+1}(z)=(2n+1)f_n^{\prime }(z),$$ $n=1,2,\mathrm{\dots }$,

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$$f_n^{\prime }(z)=-f_{n+1}(z)+(n/z)f_n(z),$$ $n=0,1,\mathrm{\dots }.$

… ►Let $g_n(z)$ denote ${𝗂}_n^{(1)}\left(z\right)$, ${𝗂}_n^{(2)}\left(z\right)$, or ${(-1)}^n$ ${𝗄}_n\left(z\right)$. Then …

12: 10.57 Uniform Asymptotic Expansions for Large Order

§10.57 Uniform Asymptotic Expansions for Large Order

►Asymptotic expansions for ${𝗃}_n\left((n+\frac{1}{2})z\right)$, ${𝗒}_n\left((n+\frac{1}{2})z\right)$, ${𝗁}_n^{(1)}\left((n+\frac{1}{2})z\right)$, ${𝗁}_n^{(2)}\left((n+\frac{1}{2})z\right)$, ${𝗂}_n^{(1)}\left((n+\frac{1}{2})z\right)$, and ${𝗄}_n\left((n+\frac{1}{2})z\right)$ as $n\to \mathrm{\infty }$ that are uniform with respect to $z$ can be obtained from the results given in §§10.20 and 10.41 by use of the definitions (10.47.3)–(10.47.7) and (10.47.9). Subsequently, for ${𝗂}_n^{(2)}\left((n+\frac{1}{2})z\right)$ the connection formula (10.47.11) is available. ►For the corresponding expansion for ${𝗃}_n^{\prime }\left((n+\frac{1}{2})z\right)$ use ►

10.57.1 $${𝗃}_n^{\prime }\left((n+\frac{1}{2})z\right)=\frac{{\pi }^{\frac{1}{2}}}{{((2n+1)z)}^{\frac{1}{2}}}{J}_{n+\frac{1}{2}}^{\prime }\left((n+\frac{1}{2})z\right)-\frac{{\pi }^{\frac{1}{2}}}{{((2n+1)z)}^{\frac{3}{2}}}{J}_{n+\frac{1}{2}}\left((n+\frac{1}{2})z\right).$$

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Symbols:

$J_{\nu }\left(z\right)$: Bessel function of the first kind, $\pi$: the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, ${𝗃}_n\left(z\right)$: spherical Bessel function of the first kind, $n$: integer and $z$: complex variable

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§10.57

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Annotations for §10.57 and Ch.10

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13: 10.58 Zeros

§10.58 Zeros

►For $n\ge 0$ the $m$th positive zeros of ${𝗃}_n\left(x\right)$, ${𝗃}_n^{\prime }\left(x\right)$, ${𝗒}_n\left(x\right)$, and ${𝗒}_n^{\prime }\left(x\right)$ are denoted by $a_{n,m}$, $a_{n,m}^{\prime }$, $b_{n,m}$, and $b_{n,m}^{\prime }$, respectively, except that for $n=0$ we count $x=0$ as the first zero of ${𝗃}_0^{\prime }\left(x\right)$. … ►

${𝗃}_n^{\prime }\left(a_{n,m}\right)=\sqrt{{\displaystyle \frac{\pi }{2j_{n+\frac{1}{2},m}}}}{J}_{n+\frac{1}{2}}^{\prime }\left(j_{n+\frac{1}{2},m}\right),$

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${𝗒}_n^{\prime }\left(b_{n,m}\right)=\sqrt{{\displaystyle \frac{\pi }{2y_{n+\frac{1}{2},m}}}}{Y}_{n+\frac{1}{2}}^{\prime }\left(y_{n+\frac{1}{2},m}\right).$

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14: 10.1 Special Notation

… ►The main functions treated in this chapter are the Bessel functions $J_{\nu }\left(z\right)$, $Y_{\nu }\left(z\right)$; Hankel functions $H_{\nu }^{(1)}\left(z\right)$, $H_{\nu }^{(2)}\left(z\right)$; modified Bessel functions $I_{\nu }\left(z\right)$, $K_{\nu }\left(z\right)$; spherical Bessel functions ${𝗃}_n\left(z\right)$, ${𝗒}_n\left(z\right)$, ${𝗁}_n^{(1)}\left(z\right)$, ${𝗁}_n^{(2)}\left(z\right)$; modified spherical Bessel functions ${𝗂}_n^{(1)}\left(z\right)$, ${𝗂}_n^{(2)}\left(z\right)$, ${𝗄}_n\left(z\right)$; Kelvin functions ${\mathrm{ber}}_{\nu }\left(x\right)$, ${\mathrm{bei}}_{\nu }\left(x\right)$, ${\ker }_{\nu }\left(x\right)$, ${\mathrm{kei}}_{\nu }\left(x\right)$. For the spherical Bessel functions and modified spherical Bessel functions the order $n$ is a nonnegative integer. … ►Abramowitz and Stegun (1964): $j_n(z)$, $y_n(z)$, $h_n^{(1)}(z)$, $h_n^{(2)}(z)$, for ${𝗃}_n\left(z\right)$, ${𝗒}_n\left(z\right)$, ${𝗁}_n^{(1)}\left(z\right)$, ${𝗁}_n^{(2)}\left(z\right)$, respectively, when $n\ge 0$. … ►For older notations see British Association for the Advancement of Science (1937, pp. xix–xx) and Watson (1944, Chapters 1–3).

15: 10.54 Integral Representations

§10.54 Integral Representations

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10.54.2 $${𝗃}_n\left(z\right)=\frac{{(-\mathrm{i})}^n}{2}{\int }_0^{\pi }{\mathrm{e}}^{\mathrm{i}z\cos \theta }{P}_n\left(\cos \theta \right)\sin \theta d\theta .$$

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Symbols:

$P_n\left(x\right)$: Legendre polynomial, $\pi$: the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, $\cos z$: cosine function, $dx$: differential of $x$ , $\mathrm{e}$: base of natural logarithm, $\mathrm{i}$: imaginary unit, $\int$: integral, $\sin z$: sine function, ${𝗃}_n\left(z\right)$: spherical Bessel function of the first kind, $n$: integer and $z$: complex variable

A&S Ref:

10.1.14

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http://dlmf.nist.gov/10.54.E2

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Annotations for §10.54 and Ch.10

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10.54.3 $${𝗄}_n\left(z\right)=\frac{\pi }{2}{\int }_1^{\mathrm{\infty }}{\mathrm{e}}^{-zt}{P}_n\left(t\right)dt,$$

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Symbols:

$P_n\left(x\right)$: Legendre polynomial, $\pi$: the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, $dx$: differential of $x$ , $\mathrm{e}$: base of natural logarithm, $\int$: integral, $\mathrm{ph}$: phase, ${𝗄}_n\left(z\right)$: modified spherical Bessel function, $n$: integer and $z$: complex variable

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http://dlmf.nist.gov/10.54.E3

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Annotations for §10.54 and Ch.10

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${𝗁}_n^{(1)}\left(z\right)={\displaystyle \frac{{(-\mathrm{i})}^{n+1}}{\pi }}{\displaystyle {\int }_{\mathrm{i}\mathrm{\infty }}^{(1+)}}{\mathrm{e}}^{\mathrm{i}zt}{Q}_n\left(t\right)dt,$

… ►For the Legendre polynomial $P_n$ and the associated Legendre function $Q_n$ see §§18.3 and 14.21(i), with $\mu =0$ and $\nu =n$. …

16: 6.10 Other Series Expansions

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§6.10(ii) Expansions in Series of Spherical Bessel Functions

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6.10.4 $$\mathrm{Si}\left(z\right)=z\sum _{n=0}^{\mathrm{\infty }}{\left({𝗃}_n\left(\frac{1}{2}z\right)\right)}^2,$$

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Symbols:

$\mathrm{Si}\left(z\right)$: sine integral, ${𝗃}_n\left(z\right)$: spherical Bessel function of the first kind, $z$: complex variable and $n$: nonnegative integer

Referenced by:

§6.10(ii)

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Annotations for §6.10(ii), §6.10 and Ch.6

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6.10.5 $$\mathrm{Cin}\left(z\right)=\sum _{n=1}^{\mathrm{\infty }}{a}_n{\left({𝗃}_n\left(\frac{1}{2}z\right)\right)}^2,$$

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Symbols:

$\mathrm{Cin}\left(z\right)$: cosine integral, ${𝗃}_n\left(z\right)$: spherical Bessel function of the first kind, $z$: complex variable, $n$: nonnegative integer and $a_n$: coefficients

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http://dlmf.nist.gov/6.10.E5

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Annotations for §6.10(ii), §6.10 and Ch.6

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6.10.6 $$\mathrm{Ei}\left(x\right)=\gamma +\ln \left|x\right|+\sum _{n=0}^{\mathrm{\infty }}{(-1)}^n(x-a_n){\left({𝗂}_n^{(1)}\left(\frac{1}{2}x\right)\right)}^2,$$ $x\ne 0$,

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Symbols:

$\gamma$: Euler’s constant, $\mathrm{Ei}\left(x\right)$: exponential integral, $\ln z$: principal branch of logarithm function, ${𝗂}_n^{(1)}\left(z\right)$: modified spherical Bessel function, $x$: real variable, $n$: nonnegative integer and $a_n$: coefficients

Referenced by:

§6.18(i)

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6.10.8 $$\mathrm{Ein}\left(z\right)=z{\mathrm{e}}^{-z/2}\left({𝗂}_0^{(1)}\left(\frac{1}{2}z\right)+\sum _{n=1}^{\mathrm{\infty }}\frac{2n+1}{n(n+1)}{𝗂}_n^{(1)}\left(\frac{1}{2}z\right)\right).$$

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Symbols:

$\mathrm{Ein}\left(z\right)$: complementary exponential integral, $\mathrm{e}$: base of natural logarithm, ${𝗂}_n^{(1)}\left(z\right)$: modified spherical Bessel function, $z$: complex variable and $n$: nonnegative integer

Referenced by:

§6.10(ii)

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Annotations for §6.10(ii), §6.10 and Ch.6

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17: 10.73 Physical Applications

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§10.73(ii) Spherical Bessel Functions

►The functions ${𝗃}_n\left(x\right)$, ${𝗒}_n\left(x\right)$, ${𝗁}_n^{(1)}\left(x\right)$, and ${𝗁}_n^{(2)}\left(x\right)$ arise in the solution (again by separation of variables) of the Helmholtz equation in spherical coordinates $\rho ,\theta ,\varphi$ (§1.5(ii)): …With the spherical harmonic $Y_{\mathrm{\ell },m}\left(\theta ,\varphi \right)$ defined as in §14.30(i), the solutions are of the form $f=g_{\mathrm{\ell }}(k\rho )Y_{\mathrm{\ell },m}\left(\theta ,\varphi \right)$ with $g_{\mathrm{\ell }}={𝗃}_{\mathrm{\ell }}$, ${𝗒}_{\mathrm{\ell }}$, ${𝗁}_{\mathrm{\ell }}^{(1)}$, or ${𝗁}_{\mathrm{\ell }}^{(2)}$, depending on the boundary conditions. Accordingly, the spherical Bessel functions appear in all problems in three dimensions with spherical symmetry involving the scattering of electromagnetic radiation. …

18: 10.59 Integrals

§10.59 Integrals

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10.59.1

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Symbols:

$P_n\left(x\right)$: Legendre polynomial, $\pi$: the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, $dx$: differential of $x$ , $\mathrm{e}$: base of natural logarithm, $\mathrm{i}$: imaginary unit, $\int$: integral, ${𝗃}_n\left(z\right)$: spherical Bessel function of the first kind and $n$: integer

A&S Ref:

11.4.26

Referenced by:

§10.59

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►where $P_n$ is the Legendre polynomial (§18.3). ►For an integral representation of the Dirac delta in terms of a product of spherical Bessel functions of the first kind see §1.17(ii), and for a generalization see Maximon (1991). …

19: 30.10 Series and Integrals

… ►For expansions in products of spherical Bessel functions, see Flammer (1957, Chapter 6).

20: 7.6 Series Expansions

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§7.6(ii) Expansions in Series of Spherical Bessel Functions

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7.6.8 $$\mathrm{erf}z=\frac{2z}{\sqrt{\pi }}\sum _{n=0}^{\mathrm{\infty }}{(-1)}^n\left({𝗂}_{2n}^{(1)}\left(z^2\right)-{𝗂}_{2n+1}^{(1)}\left(z^2\right)\right),$$

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Symbols:

$\pi$: the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, $\mathrm{erf}z$: error function, ${𝗂}_n^{(1)}\left(z\right)$: modified spherical Bessel function, $z$: complex variable and $n$: nonnegative integer

A&S Ref:

7.1.7 (in different form)

Referenced by:

§7.6(ii)

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7.6.9 $$\mathrm{erf}\left(az\right)=\frac{2z}{\sqrt{\pi }}{\mathrm{e}}^{(\frac{1}{2}-a^2)z^2}\sum _{n=0}^{\mathrm{\infty }}{T}_{2n+1}\left(a\right){𝗂}_n^{(1)}\left(\frac{1}{2}{z}^2\right),$$ $-1\le a\le 1$.

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Symbols:

$T_n\left(x\right)$: Chebyshev polynomial of the first kind, $\pi$: the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, $\mathrm{erf}z$: error function, $\mathrm{e}$: base of natural logarithm, ${𝗂}_n^{(1)}\left(z\right)$: modified spherical Bessel function, $z$: complex variable and $n$: nonnegative integer

Referenced by:

§7.6(ii)

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Annotations for §7.6(ii), §7.6 and Ch.7

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7.6.10 $$C\left(z\right)=z\sum _{n=0}^{\mathrm{\infty }}{𝗃}_{2n}\left(\frac{1}{2}\pi z^2\right),$$

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Symbols:

$C\left(z\right)$: Fresnel integral, $\pi$: the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, ${𝗃}_n\left(z\right)$: spherical Bessel function of the first kind, $z$: complex variable and $n$: nonnegative integer

Referenced by:

§7.6(ii)

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Annotations for §7.6(ii), §7.6 and Ch.7

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7.6.11 $$S\left(z\right)=z\sum _{n=0}^{\mathrm{\infty }}{𝗃}_{2n+1}\left(\frac{1}{2}\pi z^2\right).$$

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Symbols:

$S\left(z\right)$: Fresnel integral, $\pi$: the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, ${𝗃}_n\left(z\right)$: spherical Bessel function of the first kind, $z$: complex variable and $n$: nonnegative integer

Referenced by:

§7.6(ii)

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Annotations for §7.6(ii), §7.6 and Ch.7

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