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The roots of J−(l + ½) (λη)Jl + ½ (λ) − Jl + ½ (λη) J−(l + ½)(λ) = 0

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

S. Chandrasekhar
Affiliation:
The Yerkes ObservatoryUniversity of Chicago
Donna Elbert
Affiliation:
The Yerkes ObservatoryUniversity of Chicago

Extract

Spherical Bessel functions which vanish at x = 1 and x = η (where η is an assigned positive constant less than 1) occur in the solution of many problems in applied mathematics. Such functions can be expressed in terms of Bessel's functions of the half odd integral orders in the form

where λ is a root of the equation

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1953

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