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FORMULAS FOR BESSEL FUNCTIONS

J (x ) =
(1)m x + 2m
Bessel function of the first kind of order : + 2m
m!( + m +1)
m=0 2
cos J (x ) J (x )
Bessel function of the second kind of order : Y (x ) =
sin

J (x ) , J (x ) and Y (x ) all have infinitely many zeros. For 0 , J (x ) is finite for all values of x but J (x )
and Y (x ) are unbounded at the origin.
Differentiation Formulas
J (x ) J +1 (x )
[a] d x J (x ) = x J 1 (x ) [c] J ' (x ) = J 1 (x ) J (x ) = J (x ) J +1 (x ) = 1
dx x x 2

[b] d x J (x ) = x J +1 (x ) [d] J +1 (x ) = 2 J (x ) J 1 (x ) (Recurrence Relation)

dx x
Corollary 1 (p. 798, Wylie, 6/ed)
If (1 r )2 4b , then except in the special cases a = 0 (and s = r 2 ) when it reduces to Eulers equation, the
differential equation x r y' '+ ax s + bx r 2 y = 0

has a complete solution y = x c1J x + c 2 Y x

2 a (1 r )2 4b
where = 1 r , = 2 r + s , = and = .
2 2 2r +s 2r +s

If a < 0 , J and Y are to be replaced by I and K , respectively. If is not an integer, Y and K can be
respectively replaced by J and I if desired.
Theorem 5 (p. 814, Wylie, 6/ed)
For solutions of Bessels equation of order which satisfy boundary conditions of the form
dy ( x )
A i y ( x i ) B i =0 i = 1, 2; x 1 0; A i , B i not both zero
dx
x=xi
x2 2 ( x )dx
the value of the integral x 1 xy n is

x22 2 x 2
[1] y ( n x 2 ) 1 y 2 ( n x1 ) B1 = B 2 = 0
2 +1 2 +1
y 2 ( x )
2
x 2 x A
[2] 2 y 2 +1 ( n x 2 ) n2 1 ( n x1 )2 2 + 1 1 B1 0, B 2 = 0
2 2 n B1

y ( x )
2 2 2
x A x
[3] n 2 2 ( n x 2 )2 2 + 2 2 1 y 2 +1 ( n x1 ) B1 = 0, B 2 0
2 n B 2 2

y 2 ( x )
2
y 2 ( x )
2
x A x A
[4] n 2 2 ( n x 2 )2 2 + 2 2 n2 1 ( n x1 )2 2 + 1 1 B1 , B 2 0
2 n B2 2 n B1

If x1 = 0 , the value of the integral is
y 2 ( n x 2 )
2
x22 2
( n x 2 )2 2 + 2 2
x A
[5] y ( x ) B2 = 0 [6] B2 0
2 +1 n 2 2 n 2 B2