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j0(3) Library Functions Manualj0(3)j0, j0f, j0l, j1, j1f, j1l, jn, jnf, jnl - Bessel functions of the first kind
Math library (libm,-lm)
#include <math.h>double j0(doublex);double j1(doublex);double jn(intn, doublex);float j0f(floatx);float j1f(floatx);float jnf(intn, floatx);long double j0l(long doublex);long double j1l(long doublex);long double jnl(intn, long doublex); Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (seefeature_test_macros(7)):j0(),j1(),jn(): _XOPEN_SOURCE || /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE || /* glibc <= 2.19: */ _SVID_SOURCE || _BSD_SOURCEj0f(),j0l(),j1f(),j1l(),jnf(),jnl(): _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600 || (_ISOC99_SOURCE && _XOPEN_SOURCE) || /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE || /* glibc <= 2.19: */ _SVID_SOURCE || _BSD_SOURCE
Thej0() andj1() functions return Bessel functions ofx of the first kind of orders 0 and 1, respectively. Thejn() function returns the Bessel function ofx of the first kind of ordern. Thej0f(),j1f(), andjnf(), functions are versions that take and returnfloat values. Thej0l(),j1l(), andjnl() functions are versions that take and returnlong double values.
On success, these functions return the appropriate Bessel value of the first kind forx. Ifx is a NaN, a NaN is returned. Ifx is too large in magnitude, or the result underflows, a range error occurs, and the return value is 0.
Seemath_error(7) for information on how to determine whether an error has occurred when calling these functions. The following errors can occur: Range error: result underflow, orx is too large in magnitudeerrno is set toERANGE. These functions do not raise exceptions forfetestexcept(3).
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, seeattributes(7). ┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐ │Interface│Attribute│Value│ ├──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤ │j0(),j0f(),j0l() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │ ├──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤ │j1(),j1f(),j1l() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │ ├──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤ │jn(),jnf(),jnl() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │ └──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
j0()j1()jn() POSIX.1-2008. Others: BSD.
j0()j1()jn() SVr4, 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008. Others: BSD.
There are errors of up to 2e-16 in the values returned byj0(),j1(), andjn() for values ofx between -8 and 8.
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