NAG C Library Function Document

These functions are important in practice because every one of the Jacobian elliptic functions (see nag_jacobian_elliptic (s21cbc)) can be expressed as the ratio of two Jacobian theta functions (see Whittaker and Watson (1990)). There is also a bewildering variety of notations used in the literature to define them. Some authors (e.g., Section 16.27 of Abramowitz and Stegun (1972)) define the argument in the trigonometric terms to be

x

instead of

π x

. This can often lead to confusion, so great care must therefore be exercised when consulting the literature. Further details (including various relations and identities) can be found in the references.

nag_jacobian_theta (s21ccc) is based on a truncated series approach. If

t

differs from

x

- x

by an integer when

0 \leq t \leq \frac{1}{2}

, it follows from the periodicity and symmetry properties of the functions that

θ_{1} (x, q) = \pm θ_{1} (t, q)

and

θ_{3} (x, q) = \pm θ_{3} (t, q)

. In a region for which the approximation is sufficiently accurate,

θ_{1}

is set equal to the first term (

n = 0

) of the transformed series

θ_{1} (t, q) = 2 \sqrt{\frac{λ}{π}} e^{- λ t^{2}} \sum_{n = 0}^{\infty} {(- 1)}^{n} e^{- λ {(n + \frac{1}{2})}^{2}} \sinh \{(2 n + 1) λ t\}

and

θ_{3}

is set equal to the first two terms (i.e.,

n \leq 1

) of

θ_{3} (t, q) = \sqrt{\frac{λ}{π}} e^{- λ t^{2}} \{1 + 2 \sum_{n = 1}^{\infty} e^{- λ n^{2}} \cosh (2 n λ t)\},

where

λ = π^{2} / |\log_{e} q|

. Otherwise, the trigonometric series for

θ_{1} (t, q)

and

θ_{3} (t, q)

are used. For all values of

x

θ_{0}

and

θ_{2}

are computed from the relations

θ_{0} (x, q) = θ_{3} (\frac{1}{2} - |x|, q)

and

θ_{2} (x, q) = θ_{1} (\frac{1}{2} - |x|, q)

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References

Abramowitz M and Stegun I A (1972) Handbook of Mathematical Functions (3rd Edition) Dover Publications

Byrd P F and Friedman M D (1971) Handbook of Elliptic Integrals for Engineers and Scientists pp. 315–320 (2nd Edition) Springer–Verlag

Magnus W, Oberhettinger F and Soni R P (1966) Formulas and Theorems for the Special Functions of Mathematical Physics 371–377 Springer–Verlag

Tølke F (1966) Praktische Funktionenlehre (Bd. II) 1–38 Springer–Verlag

Whittaker E T and Watson G N (1990) A Course in Modern Analysis (4th Edition) Cambridge University Press

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Arguments

1: $k$ – IntegerInput: On entry: denotes the function $θ_{k} (x, q)$ to be evaluated. Note that $k = 4$ is equivalent to $k = 0$ .

Constraint: $0 \leq k \leq 4$ .
2: $x$ – doubleInput: On entry: the argument $x$ of the function.
3: $q$ – doubleInput: On entry: the argument $q$ of the function.

Constraint: $0.0 \leq q < 1.0$ .
4: $fail$ – NagError *Input/Output: The NAG error argument (see Section 3.7 in How to Use the NAG Library and its Documentation).

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Error Indicators and Warnings

NE_ALLOC_FAIL: Dynamic memory allocation failed.
See Section 2.3.1.2 in How to Use the NAG Library and its Documentation for further information.
NE_INT: On entry, $k = 〈value〉$ .
Constraint: $k \leq 4$ .

On entry, $k = 〈value〉$ .
Constraint: $k \geq 0$ .
NE_INTERNAL_ERROR: An internal error has occurred in this function. Check the function call and any array sizes. If the call is correct then please contact NAG for assistance.
See Section 2.7.6 in How to Use the NAG Library and its Documentation for further information.
NE_NO_LICENCE: Your licence key may have expired or may not have been installed correctly.
See Section 2.7.5 in How to Use the NAG Library and its Documentation for further information.
NE_REAL: On entry, $q = 〈value〉$ .
Constraint: $q < 1.0$ .

On entry, $q = 〈value〉$ .
Constraint: $q \geq 0.0$ .

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Accuracy

In principle the function is capable of achieving full relative precision in the computed values. However, the accuracy obtainable in practice depends on the accuracy of the standard elementary functions such as sin and cos.

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Parallelism and Performance

nag_jacobian_theta (s21ccc) is not threaded in any implementation.

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Further Comments

None.

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Example

This example evaluates

θ_{2} (x, q)

x = 0.7

when

q = 0.4

, and prints the results.

NAG C Library Function Document

nag_jacobian_theta (s21ccc)

▸▿ Contents

1 Purpose

2 Specification

3 Description

4 References

5 Arguments

6 Error Indicators and Warnings

7 Accuracy

8 Parallelism and Performance

9 Further Comments

10 Example

10.1 Program Text

10.2 Program Data

10.3 Program Results

1

Purpose

2

Specification

3

Description