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35.Dd April 19, 1991
36.Dt J0 3
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm j0 ,
40.Nm j0f ,
41.Nm j1 ,
42.Nm j1f ,
43.Nm jn ,
44.Nm jnf ,
45.Nm y0 ,
46.Nm y0f ,
47.Nm y1 ,
48.Nm y1f ,
49.Nm yn ,
50.Nm ynf
51.Nd bessel functions of first and second kind
52.Sh SYNOPSIS
53.Fd #include <math.h>
54.Ft double
55.Fn j0 "double x"
56.Ft float
57.Fn j0f "float x"
58.Ft double
59.Fn j1 "double x"
60.Ft float
61.Fn j1f "float x"
62.Ft double
63.Fn jn "int n" "double x"
64.Ft float
65.Fn jnf "int n" "float x"
66.Ft double
67.Fn y0 "double x"
68.Ft float
69.Fn y0f "float x"
70.Ft double
71.Fn y1 "double x"
72.Ft float
73.Fn y1f "float x"
74.Ft double
75.Fn yn "int n" "double x"
76.Ft float
77.Fn ynf "int n" "float x"
78.Sh DESCRIPTION
79The functions
80.Fn j0 ,
81.Fn j0f ,
82.Fn j1
83and
84.Fn j1f
85compute the
86.Em Bessel function of the first kind of the order
870 and the
88.Em order
891, respectively,
90for the
91real value
92.Fa x ;
93the functions
94.Fn jn
95and
96.Fn jnf
97compute the
98.Em Bessel function of the first kind of the integer order
99.Fa n
100for the real value
101.Fa x .
102.Pp
103The functions
104.Fn y0 ,
105.Fn y0f ,
106.Fn y1
107and
108.Fn y1f
109compute the linearly independent
110.Em Bessel function of the second kind of the order
1110 and the
112.Em order
1131, respectively,
114for the
115positive
116.Em integer
117value
118.Fa x
119(expressed as a double);
120the functions
121.Fn yn
122and
123.Fn ynf
124compute the
125.Em Bessel function of the second kind for the integer order
126.Fa n
127for the positive
128.Em integer
129value
130.Fa x
131(expressed as a double).
132.Sh RETURN VALUES
133If these functions are successful,
134the computed value is returned, otherwise the global variable
135.Va errno
136is set to EDOM or ERANGE.
137.Sh SEE ALSO
138.Xr math 3
139.Sh HISTORY
140This set of functions
141appeared in
142.At v7 .
143