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NAG Toolbox: nag_specfun_kelvin_kei_vector (s19ar)
Purpose
nag_specfun_kelvin_kei_vector (s19ar) returns an array of values for the Kelvin function .
Syntax
Description
nag_specfun_kelvin_kei_vector (s19ar) evaluates an approximation to the Kelvin function for an array of arguments , for .
Note: for the function is undefined, so we need only consider .
The function is based on several Chebyshev expansions:
For
,
where
,
and
are expansions in the variable
;
For
,
where
is an expansion in the variable
;
For
,
where
, and
and
are expansions in the variable
.
For , the function is undefined, and hence the function fails and returns zero.
When
is sufficiently close to zero, the result is computed as
and when
is even closer to zero simply as
For large
,
is asymptotically given by
and this becomes so small that it cannot be computed without underflow and the function fails.
References
Abramowitz M and Stegun I A (1972) Handbook of Mathematical Functions (3rd Edition) Dover Publications
Parameters
Compulsory Input Parameters
- 1:
– double array
-
The argument of the function, for .
Constraint:
, for .
Optional Input Parameters
- 1:
– int64int32nag_int scalar
-
Default:
the dimension of the array
x.
, the number of points.
Constraint:
.
Output Parameters
- 1:
– double array
-
, the function values.
- 2:
– int64int32nag_int array
-
contains the error code for
, for
.
- No error.
- is too large, the result underflows. contains zero. The threshold value is the same as for in nag_specfun_kelvin_kei (s19ad), as defined in the Users' Note for your implementation.
- , the function is undefined. contains .
- 3:
– int64int32nag_int scalar
unless the function detects an error (see
Error Indicators and Warnings).
Error Indicators and Warnings
Errors or warnings detected by the function:
Cases prefixed with W are classified as warnings and
do not generate an error of type NAG:error_n. See nag_issue_warnings.
- W
-
On entry, at least one value of
x was invalid.
Check
ivalid for more information.
-
-
Constraint: .
-
An unexpected error has been triggered by this routine. Please
contact
NAG.
-
Your licence key may have expired or may not have been installed correctly.
-
Dynamic memory allocation failed.
Accuracy
Let
be the absolute error in the result, and
be the relative error in the argument. If
is somewhat larger than the machine representation error, then we have:
For small
, errors are attenuated by the function and hence are limited by the
machine precision.
For medium and large , the error behaviour, like the function itself, is oscillatory and hence only absolute accuracy of the function can be maintained. For this range of , the amplitude of the absolute error decays like , which implies a strong attenuation of error. Eventually, , which is asymptotically given by , becomes so small that it cannot be calculated without causing underflow and therefore the function returns zero. Note that for large , the errors are dominated by those of the standard function exp.
Further Comments
Underflow may occur for a few values of close to the zeros of , below the limit which causes a failure with .
Example
This example reads values of
x from a file, evaluates the function at each value of
and prints the results.
Open in the MATLAB editor:
s19ar_example
function s19ar_example
fprintf('s19ar example results\n\n');
x = [0; 0.1; 1; 2.5; 5; 10; 15];
[f, ivalid, ifail] = s19ar(x);
fprintf(' x kei(x) ivalid\n');
for i=1:numel(x)
fprintf('%12.3e%12.3e%5d\n', x(i), f(i), ivalid(i));
end
s19ar example results
x kei(x) ivalid
0.000e+00 -7.854e-01 0
1.000e-01 -7.769e-01 0
1.000e+00 -4.950e-01 0
2.500e+00 -1.107e-01 0
5.000e+00 1.119e-02 0
1.000e+01 -3.075e-04 0
1.500e+01 7.963e-06 0
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