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1[section:mbessel Modified Bessel Functions of the First and Second Kinds]
2
3[h4 Synopsis]
4
5`#include <boost/math/special_functions/bessel.hpp>`
6
7   template <class T1, class T2>
8   ``__sf_result`` cyl_bessel_i(T1 v, T2 x);
9
10   template <class T1, class T2, class ``__Policy``>
11   ``__sf_result`` cyl_bessel_i(T1 v, T2 x, const ``__Policy``&);
12
13   template <class T1, class T2>
14   ``__sf_result`` cyl_bessel_k(T1 v, T2 x);
15
16   template <class T1, class T2, class ``__Policy``>
17   ``__sf_result`` cyl_bessel_k(T1 v, T2 x, const ``__Policy``&);
18
19
20[h4 Description]
21
22The functions __cyl_bessel_i and __cyl_bessel_k return the result of the
23modified Bessel functions of the first and second kind respectively:
24
25[:cyl_bessel_i(v, x) = I[sub v](x)]
26
27[:cyl_bessel_k(v, x) = K[sub v](x)]
28
29where:
30
31[equation mbessel2]
32
33[equation mbessel3]
34
35The return type of these functions is computed using the __arg_promotion_rules
36when T1 and T2 are different types.  The functions are also optimised for the
37relatively common case that T1 is an integer.
38
39[optional_policy]
40
41The functions return the result of __domain_error whenever the result is
42undefined or complex.  For __cyl_bessel_j this occurs when `x < 0` and v is not
43an integer, or when `x == 0` and `v != 0`.  For __cyl_neumann this occurs
44when `x <= 0`.
45
46The following graph illustrates the exponential behaviour of I[sub v].
47
48[graph cyl_bessel_i]
49
50The following graph illustrates the exponential decay of K[sub v].
51
52[graph cyl_bessel_k]
53
54[h4 Testing]
55
56There are two sets of test values: spot values calculated using
57[@http://functions.wolfram.com functions.wolfram.com],
58and a much larger set of tests computed using
59a simplified version of this implementation
60(with all the special case handling removed).
61
62[h4 Accuracy]
63
64The following tables show how the accuracy of these functions
65varies on various platforms, along with comparison to other libraries.
66Note that only results for the widest floating-point type on the
67system are given, as narrower types have __zero_error.  All values
68are relative errors in units of epsilon.  Note that our test suite
69includes some fairly extreme inputs which results in most of the worst
70problem cases in other libraries:
71
72[table_cyl_bessel_i_integer_orders_]
73
74[table_cyl_bessel_i]
75
76[table_cyl_bessel_k_integer_orders_]
77
78[table_cyl_bessel_k]
79
80The following error plot are based on an exhaustive search of the functions domain for I0, I1, K0, and K1,
81MSVC-15.5 at `double` precision, and GCC-7.1/Ubuntu for `long double` and `__float128`.
82
83[graph i0__double]
84
85[graph i0__80_bit_long_double]
86
87[graph i0____float128]
88
89[graph i1__double]
90
91[graph i1__80_bit_long_double]
92
93[graph i1____float128]
94
95[graph k0__double]
96
97[graph k0__80_bit_long_double]
98
99[graph k0____float128]
100
101[graph k1__double]
102
103[graph k1__80_bit_long_double]
104
105[graph k1____float128]
106
107
108[h4 Implementation]
109
110The following are handled as special cases first:
111
112When computing I[sub v] for ['x < 0], then [nu] must be an integer
113or a domain error occurs.  If [nu] is an integer, then the function is
114odd if [nu] is odd and even if [nu] is even, and we can reflect to
115['x > 0].
116
117For I[sub v] with v equal to 0, 1 or 0.5 are handled as special cases.
118
119The 0 and 1 cases use polynomial approximations on
120finite and infinite intervals. The approximating forms
121are based on
122[@http://www.advanpix.com/2015/11/11/rational-approximations-for-the-modified-bessel-function-of-the-first-kind-i0-computations-double-precision/
123"Rational Approximations for the Modified Bessel Function of the First Kind - I[sub 0](x) for Computations with Double Precision"]
124by Pavel Holoborodko, extended by us to deal with up to 128-bit precision (with different approximations for each target precision).
125
126[equation bessel21]
127
128[equation bessel20]
129
130[equation bessel17]
131
132[equation bessel18]
133
134Similarly we have:
135
136[equation bessel22]
137
138[equation bessel23]
139
140[equation bessel24]
141
142[equation bessel25]
143
144The 0.5 case is a simple trigonometric function:
145
146[:I[sub 0.5](x) = sqrt(2 / [pi]x) * sinh(x)]
147
148For K[sub v] with /v/ an integer, the result is calculated using the recurrence relation:
149
150[equation mbessel5]
151
152starting from K[sub 0] and K[sub 1] which are calculated
153using rational the approximations above.  These rational approximations are
154accurate to around 19 digits, and are therefore only used when T has
155no more than 64 binary digits of precision.
156
157When /x/ is small compared to /v/, I[sub v]x is best computed directly from the series:
158
159[equation mbessel17]
160
161In the general case, we first normalize [nu] to \[[^0, [inf]])
162with the help of the reflection formulae:
163
164[equation mbessel9]
165
166[equation mbessel10]
167
168Let [mu] = [nu] - floor([nu] + 1/2), then [mu] is the fractional part of
169[nu] such that |[mu]| <= 1/2 (we need this for convergence later). The idea is to
170calculate K[sub [mu]](x) and K[sub [mu]+1](x), and use them to obtain
171I[sub [nu]](x) and K[sub [nu]](x).
172
173The algorithm is proposed by Temme in
174[:N.M. Temme, ['On the numerical evaluation of the modified bessel function
175    of the third kind], Journal of Computational Physics, vol 19, 324 (1975),]
176which needs two continued fractions as well as the Wronskian:
177
178[equation mbessel11]
179
180[equation mbessel12]
181
182[equation mbessel8]
183
184The continued fractions are computed using the modified Lentz's method
185[:(W.J. Lentz, ['Generating Bessel functions in Mie scattering calculations
186    using continued fractions], Applied Optics, vol 15, 668 (1976)).]
187Their convergence rates depend on ['x], therefore we need
188different strategies for large ['x] and small ['x].
189
190['x > v], CF1 needs O(['x]) iterations to converge, CF2 converges rapidly.
191
192['x <= v], CF1 converges rapidly, CF2 fails to converge when ['x] [^->] 0.
193
194When ['x] is large (['x] > 2), both continued fractions converge (CF1
195may be slow for really large ['x]). K[sub [mu]] and K[sub [mu]+1]
196can be calculated by
197
198[equation mbessel13]
199
200where
201
202[equation mbessel14]
203
204['S] is also a series that is summed along with CF2, see
205[:I.J. Thompson and A.R. Barnett, ['Modified Bessel functions I_v and K_v
206    of real order and complex argument to selected accuracy], Computer Physics
207    Communications, vol 47, 245 (1987).]
208
209When ['x] is small (['x] <= 2), CF2 convergence may fail (but CF1
210works very well). The solution here is Temme's series:
211
212[equation mbessel15]
213
214where
215
216[equation mbessel16]
217
218f[sub k] and h[sub k]
219are also computed by recursions (involving gamma functions), but the
220formulas are a little complicated, readers are referred to
221[:N.M. Temme, ['On the numerical evaluation of the modified Bessel function
222    of the third kind], Journal of Computational Physics, vol 19, 324 (1975).]
223Note: Temme's series converge only for |[mu]| <= 1/2.
224
225K[sub [nu]](x) is then calculated from the forward
226recurrence, as is K[sub [nu]+1](x). With these two values and
227f[sub [nu]], the Wronskian yields I[sub [nu]](x) directly.
228
229[endsect] [/section:mbessel Modified Bessel Functions of the First and Second Kinds]
230
231[/
232  Copyright 2006 John Maddock, Paul A. Bristow and Xiaogang Zhang.
233  Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
234  (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
235  http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt).
236]
237