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The functions here use Bessel functions to calculate the analytic solutions to the Kelvin differential equation, namely the fundamental (Be) and equivalent (Ke) complex functions.
The complex second-order ordinary differential equation, known as the Kelvin differential equation, is defined as
x^2 \ddot{y} + x \dot{y} - ≤ft(i x^2 + ν^2\right) y = 0
and has a suite of complex solutions. One set of solutions, \mathcal{B}_ν, is defined in the following manner:
\mathcal{B}_ν \equiv \mathrm{Ber}_ν (x) + i \mathrm{Bei}_ν (x)
= J_ν ≤ft(x \cdot \exp(3 π i / 4)\right)
= \exp(ν π i) \cdot J_ν ≤ft(x \cdot \exp(-π i / 4)\right)
= \exp(ν π i / 2) \cdot I_ν ≤ft(x \cdot \exp(π i / 4)\right)
= \exp(3 ν π i / 2) \cdot I_ν ≤ft(x \cdot \exp(-3 π i / 4)\right)
where J_ν is a Bessel function of the first kind, and I_ν is a modified Bessel function of the first kind.
Similarly, the complementary solutions, \mathcal{K}_ν, are defined as
\mathcal{K}_ν \equiv \mathrm{Ker}_ν (x) + i \mathrm{Kei}_ν (x)
= \exp(- ν π i / 2) \cdot K_ν ≤ft(x \cdot \exp(π i / 4)\right)
where K_ν is a modified Bessel function of the second kind.
The relationships between y in the differential equation, and the solutions \mathcal{B}_ν and \mathcal{K}_ν are as follows
y = \mathrm{Ber}_ν (x) + i \mathrm{Bei}_ν (x)
= \mathrm{Ber}_{-ν} (x) + i \mathrm{Bei}_{-ν} (x)
= \mathrm{Ker}_ν (x) + i \mathrm{Kei}_ν (x)
= \mathrm{Ker}_{-ν} (x) + i \mathrm{Kei}_{-ν} (x)
In the case where ν=0, the differential equation reduces to
x^2 \ddot{y} + x \dot{y} - i x^2y = 0
which has the set of solutions:
J_0 ≤ft(i √{i} \cdot x\right)
= J_0 ≤ft(√{2} \cdot (i-1) \cdot x / 2\right)
= \mathrm{Ber}_0 (x) + i \mathrm{Bei}_0 (x) \equiv \mathcal{B}_0
This package has functions to calculate \mathcal{B}_ν and \mathcal{K}_ν.
Andrew Barbour <andy.barbour@gmail.com>
Abramowitz, M. and Stegun, I. A. (Eds.). "Kelvin Functions." \S 9.9 in Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables, 9th printing. New York: Dover, pp. 379-381, 1972.
Kelvin functions: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/KelvinFunctions.html
Bessel functions: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/BesselFunction.html
Fundamental solution: Beir
Equivalent solution: Keir
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