NAG FL Interface
s19adf (kelvin_​kei)

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1 Purpose

s19adf returns a value for the Kelvin function keix via the function name.

2 Specification

Fortran Interface
Function s19adf ( x, ifail)
Real (Kind=nag_wp) :: s19adf
Integer, Intent (Inout) :: ifail
Real (Kind=nag_wp), Intent (In) :: x
C Header Interface
#include <nag.h>
double  s19adf_ (const double *x, Integer *ifail)
The routine may be called by the names s19adf or nagf_specfun_kelvin_kei.

3 Description

s19adf evaluates an approximation to the Kelvin function keix.
Note:  for x<0 the function is undefined, so we need only consider x0.
The routine is based on several Chebyshev expansions:
For 0x1,
keix=-π4f(t)+x24[-g(t)log(x)+v(t)]  
where f(t), g(t) and v(t) are expansions in the variable t=2x4-1;
For 1<x3,
keix=exp(-98x) u(t)  
where u(t) is an expansion in the variable t=x-2;
For x>3,
keix=π 2x e-x/2 [(1+1x)c(t)sinβ+1xd(t)cosβ]  
where β= x2+ π8 , and c(t) and d(t) are expansions in the variable t= 6x-1.
For x<0, the function is undefined, and hence the routine fails and returns zero.
When x is sufficiently close to zero, the result is computed as
keix=-π4+(1-γ-log(x2)) x24  
and when x is even closer to zero simply as
keix=-π4.  
For large x, keix is asymptotically given by π 2x e-x/2 and this becomes so small that it cannot be computed without underflow and the routine fails.

4 References

NIST Digital Library of Mathematical Functions

5 Arguments

1: x Real (Kind=nag_wp) Input
On entry: the argument x of the function.
Constraint: x0.0.
2: ifail Integer Input/Output
On entry: ifail must be set to 0, −1 or 1 to set behaviour on detection of an error; these values have no effect when no error is detected.
A value of 0 causes the printing of an error message and program execution will be halted; otherwise program execution continues. A value of −1 means that an error message is printed while a value of 1 means that it is not.
If halting is not appropriate, the value −1 or 1 is recommended. If message printing is undesirable, then the value 1 is recommended. Otherwise, the value 0 is recommended. 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 or −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, x=value. The function returns zero.
Constraint: xvalue.
x is too large, the result underflows and the function returns zero.
ifail=2
On entry, x=value.
Constraint: x0.0.
The function is undefined and returns zero.
ifail=-99
An unexpected error has been triggered by this routine. Please contact NAG.
See Section 7 in the Introduction to the NAG Library FL Interface for further information.
ifail=-399
Your licence key may have expired or may not have been installed correctly.
See Section 8 in the Introduction to the NAG Library FL Interface for further information.
ifail=-999
Dynamic memory allocation failed.
See Section 9 in the Introduction to the NAG Library FL Interface for further information.

7 Accuracy

Let E be the absolute error in the result, and δ be the relative error in the argument. If δ is somewhat larger than the machine representation error, then we have:
E |x2(-ker1x+kei1x)|δ.  
For small x, errors are attenuated by the function and hence are limited by the machine precision.
For medium and large x, the error behaviour, like the function itself, is oscillatory and hence only absolute accuracy of the function can be maintained. For this range of x, the amplitude of the absolute error decays like πx2e-x/2, which implies a strong attenuation of error. Eventually, keix, which is asymptotically given by π2x e-x/2,becomes so small that it cannot be calculated without causing underflow and, therefore, the routine returns zero. Note that for large x, the errors are dominated by those of the standard function exp.

8 Parallelism and Performance

s19adf is not threaded in any implementation.

9 Further Comments

Underflow may occur for a few values of x close to the zeros of keix, below the limit which causes a failure with ifail=1.

10 Example

This example reads values of the argument x from a file, evaluates the function at each value of x and prints the results.

10.1 Program Text

Program Text (s19adfe.f90)

10.2 Program Data

Program Data (s19adfe.d)

10.3 Program Results

Program Results (s19adfe.r)