Bessel functions

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Bessel functions of the first kind Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle J_n(x)} are defined as the solutions to the Bessel differential equation

Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle x^2 \frac{d^2y}{dx^2} + x\frac{dy}{dx} + (x^2-n^2)y=0}

which are nonsingular at the origin. They are sometimes also called cylinder functions or cylindrical harmonics. The Bessel function Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle J_n(z)} can also be defined by the contour integral

Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle J_n (z) = \frac{1}{2 \pi i} \oint e^{(z/2)(t-1/t)}t^{-n-1}{\rm d}t}

Applications in statistical mechanics

See also