NAG Library Routine Document

S18GKF

+− Contents

1 Purpose

2 Specification

3 Description

4 References

5 Parameters

6 Error Indicators and Warnings

7 Accuracy

8 Further Comments

+− 9 Example

9.1 Program Text

9.2 Program Data

9.3 Program Results

1 Purpose

S18GKF returns a sequence of values for the Bessel functions

J_{α + n - 1} (z)

J_{α - n + 1} (z)

for complex

z

, non-negative

α < 1

and

n = 1, 2, \dots, |N| + 1

2 Specification

SUBROUTINE S18GKF (

Z, A, NL, B, IFAIL)

INTEGER	NL, IFAIL
REAL (KIND=nag_wp)	A
COMPLEX (KIND=nag_wp)	Z, B(abs(NL)+1)

3 Description

S18GKF evaluates a sequence of values for the Bessel function of the first kind

J_{α} (z)

, where

z

is complex and nonzero and

α

is the order with

0 \leq α < 1

. The

(|N| + 1)

-member sequence is generated for orders

α, α + 1, \dots, α + |N|

when

N \geq 0

. Note that

+

is replaced by

-

when

N < 0

. For positive orders the routine may also be called with

z = 0

, since

J_{q} (0) = 0

when

q > 0

. For negative orders the formula

J_{- q} (z) = \cos (π q) J_{q} (z) - \sin (π q) Y_{q} (z)

is used to generate the required sequence. The appropriate values of

J_{q} (z)

and

Y_{q} (z)

are obtained by calls to S17DCF and S17DEF.

4 References

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

5 Parameters

1: Z – COMPLEX (KIND=nag_wp)Input: On entry: the argument $z$ of the function.
Constraint: $Z \neq (0.0, 0.0)$ when $NL < 0$ .
2: A – REAL (KIND=nag_wp)Input: On entry: the order $α$ of the first member in the required sequence of function values.
Constraint: $0.0 \leq A < 1.0$ .
3: NL – INTEGERInput: On entry: the value of $N$ .
Constraint: $abs (NL) \leq 101$ .
4: B( $abs NL + 1$ ) – COMPLEX (KIND=nag_wp) arrayOutput: On exit: with $IFAIL = 0$ or $3$ , the required sequence of function values: $B (n)$ contains $J_{α + n - 1} (z)$ if $NL \geq 0$ and $J_{α - n + 1} (z)$ otherwise, for $n = 1, 2, \dots, abs (NL) + 1$ .
5: IFAIL – INTEGERInput/Output: On entry: IFAIL must be set to $0$ , $- 1 or 1$ . If you are unfamiliar with this parameter you should refer to Section 3.3 in the Essential Introduction for details.
For environments where it might be inappropriate to halt program execution when an error is detected, the value $- 1 or 1$ is recommended. If the output of error messages is undesirable, then the value $1$ is recommended. Otherwise, if you are not familiar with this parameter, the recommended value is $0$ . When the value $- 1 or 1$ is used it is essential to test the value of IFAIL on exit.

On exit: $IFAIL = 0$ unless the routine detects an error or a warning has been flagged (see Section 6).

6 Error Indicators and Warnings

If on entry

IFAIL = 0

- 1

, explanatory error messages are output on the current error message unit (as defined by X04AAF).

Errors or warnings detected by the routine:

$IFAIL = 1$

On entry,	$Z = (0.0, 0.0)$ when $NL < 0$ ,
or	$A < 0.0$ ,
or	$A \geq 1.0$ ,
or	$abs (NL) > 101$ .

$IFAIL = 2$: The computation has been abandoned due to the likelihood of overflow.

$IFAIL = 3$: The computation has been completed but some precision has been lost.

$IFAIL = 4$: The computation has been abandoned due to total loss of precision.

$IFAIL = 5$: The computation has been abandoned due to failure to satisfy the termination condition.

7 Accuracy

All constants in S17DCF and S17DEF are specified to approximately

18

digits of precision. If

t

denotes the number of digits of precision in the floating point arithmetic being used, then clearly the maximum number of correct digits in the results obtained is limited by

p = \min (t, 18)

. Because of errors in argument reduction when computing elementary functions inside S17DCF and S17DEF, the actual number of correct digits is limited, in general, by

p - s

, where

s \approx \max (1, |\log_{10} |z||, |\log_{10} |α||)

represents the number of digits lost due to the argument reduction. Thus the larger the values of

|z|

and

|α|

, the less the precision in the result.

8 Further Comments

None.

9 Example

This example evaluates

J_{0} (z), J_{1} (z), J_{2} (z)

and

J_{3} (z)

z = 0.6 - 0.8 i

, and prints the results.

NAG Library Routine DocumentS18GKF

+− Contents

1 Purpose

2 Specification

3 Description

4 References

5 Parameters

6 Error Indicators and Warnings

7 Accuracy

8 Further Comments

9 Example

9.1 Program Text

9.2 Program Data

9.3 Program Results

NAG Library Routine Document

S18GKF