NAG Library Routine Document

Integer, Intent (In)	::	n
Integer, Intent (Inout)	::	ifail
Integer, Intent (Out)	::	ivalid(n)
Real (Kind=nag_wp), Intent (In)	::	x(n)
Real (Kind=nag_wp), Intent (Out)	::	f(n)

C Header Interface

#include <nagmk26.h>

void	s17arf_ (const Integer n, const double x[], double f[], Integer ivalid[], Integer ifail)

3

Description

s17arf evaluates an approximation to the Bessel function of the second kind

Y_{1} (x_{i})

for an array of arguments

x_{i}

, for

i = 1, 2, \dots, n

Note:

Y_{1} (x)

is undefined for

x \leq 0

and the routine will fail for such arguments.

The routine is based on four Chebyshev expansions:

For

0 < x \leq 8

Y_{1} (x) = \frac{2}{π} \ln x \frac{x}{8} \underset{r = 0}{\sum^{'}} a_{r} T_{r} (t) - \frac{2}{π x} + \frac{x}{8} \underset{r = 0}{\sum^{'}} b_{r} T_{r} (t),   with ​ t = 2 {(\frac{x}{8})}^{2} - 1 .

For

x > 8

Y_{1} (x) = \sqrt{\frac{2}{π x}} \{P_{1} (x) \sin (x - 3 \frac{π}{4}) + Q_{1} (x) \cos (x - 3 \frac{π}{4})\}

where

P_{1} (x) = \underset{r = 0}{\sum^{'}} c_{r} T_{r} (t)

and

Q_{1} (x) = \frac{8}{x} \underset{r = 0}{\sum^{'}} d_{r} T_{r} (t)

, with

t = 2 {(\frac{8}{x})}^{2} - 1

For

x

near zero,

Y_{1} (x) ≃ - \frac{2}{π x}

. This approximation is used when

x

is sufficiently small for the result to be correct to machine precision. For extremely small

x

, there is a danger of overflow in calculating

- \frac{2}{π x}

and for such arguments the routine will fail.

For very large

x

, it becomes impossible to provide results with any reasonable accuracy (see Section 7), hence the routine fails. Such arguments contain insufficient information to determine the phase of oscillation of

Y_{1} (x)

; only the amplitude,

\sqrt{\frac{2}{π x}}

, can be determined and this is returned on soft failure. The range for which this occurs is roughly related to machine precision; the routine will fail if

x ≳ 1 / machine precision

(see the Users' Note for your implementation for details).

4

References

NIST Digital Library of Mathematical Functions

Clenshaw C W (1962) Chebyshev Series for Mathematical Functions Mathematical tables HMSO

5

Arguments

1: $n$ – IntegerInput

On entry:

n

, the number of points.

Constraint:

n \geq 0

2: $x (n)$ – Real (Kind=nag_wp) arrayInput

On entry: the argument

x_{i}

of the function, for

i = 1, 2, \dots, n

Constraint:

x (i) > 0.0

, for

i = 1, 2, \dots, n

3: $f (n)$ – Real (Kind=nag_wp) arrayOutput

On exit:

Y_{1} (x_{i})

, the function values.

4: $ivalid (n)$ – Integer arrayOutput

On exit:

ivalid (i)

contains the error code for

x_{i}

, for

i = 1, 2, \dots, n

$ivalid (i) = 0$

No error.

$ivalid (i) = 1$

On entry,

x_{i}

is too large.

f (i)

contains the amplitude of the

Y_{1}

oscillation,

\sqrt{\frac{2}{π x_{i}}}

$ivalid (i) = 2$

On entry,

x_{i} \leq 0.0

Y_{1}

is undefined.

f (i)

contains

0.0

$ivalid (i) = 3$

x_{i}

is too close to zero, there is a danger of overflow. On soft failure,

f (i)

contains the value of

Y_{1} (x)

at the smallest valid argument.

5: $ifail$ – IntegerInput/Output

On entry: ifail must be set to

0

- 1 or 1

. If you are unfamiliar with this argument you should refer to Section 3.4 in How to Use the NAG Library and its Documentation 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 argument, 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, at least one value of x was invalid.
Check ivalid for more information.

$ifail = 2$: On entry, $n = 〈value〉$ .
Constraint: $n \geq 0$ .

$ifail = - 99$: An unexpected error has been triggered by this routine. Please contact NAG.
See Section 3.9 in How to Use the NAG Library and its Documentation for further information.

$ifail = - 399$: Your licence key may have expired or may not have been installed correctly.
See Section 3.8 in How to Use the NAG Library and its Documentation for further information.

$ifail = - 999$: Dynamic memory allocation failed.
See Section 3.7 in How to Use the NAG Library and its Documentation for further information.

7

Accuracy

Let

δ

be the relative error in the argument and

E

be the absolute error in the result. (Since

Y_{1} (x)

oscillates about zero, absolute error and not relative error is significant, except for very small

x

δ

is somewhat larger than the machine precision (e.g., if

δ

is due to data errors etc.), then

E

and

δ

are approximately related by:

E ≃ |x Y_{0} (x) - Y_{1} (x)| δ

(provided

E

is also within machine bounds). Figure 1 displays the behaviour of the amplification factor

|x Y_{0} (x) - Y_{1} (x)|

However, if

δ

is of the same order as machine precision, then rounding errors could make

E

slightly larger than the above relation predicts.

For very small

x

, absolute error becomes large, but the relative error in the result is of the same order as

δ

For very large

x

, the above relation ceases to apply. In this region,

Y_{1} (x) ≃ \sqrt{\frac{2}{π x}} \sin (x - \frac{3 π}{4})

. The amplitude

\sqrt{\frac{2}{π x}}

can be calculated with reasonable accuracy for all

x

, but

\sin (x - \frac{3 π}{4})

cannot. If

x - \frac{3 π}{4}

is written as

2 N π + θ

where

N

is an integer and

0 \leq θ < 2 π

, then

\sin (x - \frac{3 π}{4})

is determined by

θ

only. If

x > δ^{- 1}

θ

cannot be determined with any accuracy at all. Thus if

x

is greater than, or of the order of, the inverse of the machine precision, it is impossible to calculate the phase of

Y_{1} (x)

and the routine must fail.

Figure 1

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Parallelism and Performance

s17arf is not threaded in any implementation.

9

Further Comments

None.

10

Example

This example reads values of x from a file, evaluates the function at each value of

x_{i}

and prints the results.

NAG Library Routine Document

s17arf (bessel_y1_real_vector)

▸▿ 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

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