

Jacobi Elliptic Functions
The Jacobi elliptic functions are standard forms ofelliptic functions. The three basic functions are denoted,
, and
, where
is known as theelliptic modulus. They arise from the inversion of theelliptic integral of the first kind,
(1) |
where,
is theelliptic modulus, and
is theJacobi amplitude, giving
(2) |
From this, it follows that
(3) | |||
(4) | |||
(5) | |||
(6) | |||
(7) | |||
(8) |
These functions are doubly periodic generalizations of the trigonometric functions satisfying
(9) | |||
(10) | |||
(11) |
In terms ofJacobi theta functions,
(12) | |||
(13) | |||
(14) |
(Whittaker and Watson 1990, p. 492), where (Whittaker and Watson 1990, p. 464) and theelliptic modulus is given by
(15) |
Ratios of Jacobi elliptic functions are denoted by combining the first letter of thenumerator elliptic function with the first of thedenominator elliptic function. The multiplicative inverses of the elliptic functions are denoted by reversing the order of the two letters. These combinations give a total of 12 functions: cd, cn, cs, dc, dn, ds, nc, nd, ns, sc, sd, and sn. These functions are implemented in theWolfram Language asJacobiSN[z,m] and so on. Similarly, the inverse Jacobi functions are implemented asInverseJacobiSN[v,m] and so on.
TheJacobi amplitude is defined in terms of
by
(16) |
The argument is often suppressed for brevity so, for example,
can be written as
.
The Jacobi elliptic functions are periodic in and
as
(17) | |||
(18) | |||
(19) |
where is thecomplete elliptic integral of the first kind,
, and
(Whittaker and Watson 1990, p. 503).
The,
, and
functions may also be defined as solutions to the differential equations
(20) |
(21) |
(22) |
respectively.
The standard Jacobi elliptic functions satisfy the identities
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(24) | |||
(25) | |||
(26) |
Special values include
(27) | |||
(28) | |||
(29) | |||
(30) | |||
(31) | |||
(32) |
where is acomplete elliptic integral of the first kind and
is the complementaryelliptic modulus (Whittaker and Watson 1990, pp. 498-499), and
(33) | |||
(34) | |||
(35) |
In terms of integrals,
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(37) | |||
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(46) | |||
(47) |
(Whittaker and Watson 1990, p. 494).
Jacobi elliptic functions addition formulas include (where, for example, is written as
for conciseness),
(48) | |||
(49) | |||
(50) |
Extended to integral periods,
(51) | |||
(52) | |||
(53) |
(54) | |||
(55) | |||
(56) |
Forcomplex arguments,
(57) |
(58) |
(59) |
Derivatives of the Jacobi elliptic functions include
(60) | |||
(61) | |||
(62) |
(Hille 1969, p. 66; Zwillinger 1997, p. 136).
Double-period formulas involving the Jacobi elliptic functions include
(63) | |||
(64) | |||
(65) |
Half-period formulas involving the Jacobi elliptic functions include
(66) | |||
(67) | |||
(68) |
Squared formulas include
(69) | |||
(70) | |||
(71) |
Taylor series of the Jacobi elliptic functions were considered by Hermite (1863), Schett (1977), and Dumont (1981),
(72) | |||
(73) | |||
(74) |
(Abramowitz and Stegun 1972, eqn. 16.22).
See also
Elliptic Function,Jacobi Amplitude,Jacobi Differential Equation,Jacobi's Imaginary Transformation,Jacobi Function of the Second Kind,Jacobi Theta Functions,Weierstrass Elliptic FunctionRelated Wolfram sites
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References
Abramowitz, M. and Stegun, I. A. (Eds.). "Jacobian Elliptic Functions and Theta Functions." Ch. 16 inHandbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables, 9th printing. New York: Dover, pp. 567-581, 1972.Bellman, R. E.A Brief Introduction to Theta Functions. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1961.Briot, C. and Bouquet, C.Théorie des fonctions elliptiques, 2nd ed. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1875.Byrd, P. F. and Friedman, M. D.Handbook of Elliptic Integrals for Engineers and Scientists, 2nd ed., rev. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1971.Dumont, D. "Une Approach combinatoire des fonctions elliptiques de Jacobi."Adv. Math.41, 1-39, 1981.Hermite, C. "Remarque sur le développement deReferenced on Wolfram|Alpha
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