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§10.27 Connection Formulas

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Keywords:: connection formulas, modified Bessel functions
Notes:: For (10.27.1)–(10.27.6) and (10.27.8) see Olver (1997b, pp. 60–61 and 250–252), Watson (1944, pp. 77–79), and (10.11.5). For the other equations combine these results with (10.4.4), and also use (10.34.2) with .
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Other solutions of (10.25.1) are $I_{-\nu}\left(z\right)$ and $K_{-\nu}\left(z\right)$ .

10.27.1 $I_{-n}\left(z\right)=I_{n}\left(z\right),$

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Symbols:: $I_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{z}\right)$ : modified Bessel function of the first kind, : integer and : complex variable
A&S Ref:: 9.6.6
Referenced by:: §10.27, §10.31, §10.44(ii)
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10.27.2 $I_{-\nu}\left(z\right)=I_{\nu}\left(z\right)+(2/\pi)\sin\left(\nu\pi\right)K_{% \nu}\left(z\right),$

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Symbols:: $\pi$ : the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, $I_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{z}\right)$ : modified Bessel function of the first kind, $K_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{z}\right)$ : modified Bessel function of the second kind, $\sin\NVar{z}$ : sine function, : complex variable and $\nu$ : complex parameter
A&S Ref:: 9.6.2
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10.27.3 $K_{-\nu}\left(z\right)=K_{\nu}\left(z\right).$

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Symbols:: $K_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{z}\right)$ : modified Bessel function of the second kind, : complex variable and $\nu$ : complex parameter
A&S Ref:: 9.6.6
Referenced by:: §10.25(iii), §10.30(i), §10.31, §10.47(ii)
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10.27.4 $K_{\nu}\left(z\right)=\tfrac{1}{2}\pi\frac{I_{-\nu}\left(z\right)-I_{\nu}\left% (z\right)}{\sin\left(\nu\pi\right)}.$

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Symbols:: $\pi$ : the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, $I_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{z}\right)$ : modified Bessel function of the first kind, $K_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{z}\right)$ : modified Bessel function of the second kind, $\sin\NVar{z}$ : sine function, : complex variable and $\nu$ : complex parameter
A&S Ref:: 9.6.2
Referenced by:: §10.30(i), §10.31, §10.38, §10.45, §10.47(iv), §8.6(i)
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When $\nu$ is an integer limiting values are taken:

10.27.5 $K_{n}\left(z\right)=\frac{(-1)^{n-1}}{2}\*\left(\left.\frac{\partial I_{\nu}% \left(z\right)}{\partial\nu}\right|_{\nu=n}+\left.\frac{\partial I_{\nu}\left(% z\right)}{\partial\nu}\right|_{\nu=-n}\right),$ $n=0,\pm 1,\pm 2,\dotsc$ .

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Symbols:: $I_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{z}\right)$ : modified Bessel function of the first kind, $K_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{z}\right)$ : modified Bessel function of the second kind, $\frac{\partial\NVar{f}}{\partial\NVar{x}}$ : partial derivative of with respect to , $\,\partial\NVar{x}$ : partial differential of , : integer, : complex variable and $\nu$ : complex parameter
Referenced by:: §10.22(iv)
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In terms of the solutions of (10.2.1),

10.27.6 $I_{\nu}\left(z\right)=e^{\mp\nu\pi i/2}J_{\nu}\left(ze^{\pm\pi i/2}\right),$ $-\pi\leq\pm\operatorname{ph}z\leq\tfrac{1}{2}\pi$ ,

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Symbols:: $J_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{z}\right)$ : Bessel function of the first kind, $\pi$ : the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, $\mathrm{e}$ : base of natural logarithm, $\mathrm{i}$ : imaginary unit, $I_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{z}\right)$ : modified Bessel function of the first kind, $\operatorname{ph}$ : phase, : complex variable and $\nu$ : complex parameter
A&S Ref:: 9.6.3 (modified)
Referenced by:: §10.26(ii), §10.27, §10.27, §10.31, §10.33, §10.35, §10.39, §10.41(i), §10.42, §10.43(ii), §10.43(iv), §10.44(i), §10.44(ii), §10.44(iii), §10.47(iv), §10.67(i), §11.4(i)
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10.27.7 $I_{\nu}\left(z\right)=\tfrac{1}{2}e^{\mp\nu\pi i/2}\left({H^{(1)}_{\nu}}\left(% ze^{\pm\pi i/2}\right)+{H^{(2)}_{\nu}}\left(ze^{\pm\pi i/2}\right)\right),$ $-\pi\leq\pm\operatorname{ph}z\leq\tfrac{1}{2}\pi$ .

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Symbols:: ${H^{(1)}_{\NVar{\nu}}}\left(\NVar{z}\right)$ : Bessel function of the third kind (or Hankel function), ${H^{(2)}_{\NVar{\nu}}}\left(\NVar{z}\right)$ : Bessel function of the third kind (or Hankel function), $\pi$ : the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, $\mathrm{e}$ : base of natural logarithm, $\mathrm{i}$ : imaginary unit, $I_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{z}\right)$ : modified Bessel function of the first kind, $\operatorname{ph}$ : phase, : complex variable and $\nu$ : complex parameter
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10.27.8 $K_{\nu}\left(z\right)=\begin{cases}\tfrac{1}{2}\pi ie^{\nu\pi i/2}{H^{(1)}_{% \nu}}\left(ze^{\pi i/2}\right),&-\pi\leq\operatorname{ph}z\leq\tfrac{1}{2}\pi,% \\ -\tfrac{1}{2}\pi ie^{-\nu\pi i/2}{H^{(2)}_{\nu}}\left(ze^{-\pi i/2}\right),&-% \tfrac{1}{2}\pi\leq\operatorname{ph}z\leq\pi.\end{cases}$

10.27.9 $\pi iJ_{\nu}\left(z\right)=e^{-\nu\pi i/2}K_{\nu}\left(ze^{-\pi i/2}\right)-e^% {\nu\pi i/2}K_{\nu}\left(ze^{\pi i/2}\right),$ $|\operatorname{ph}z|\leq\tfrac{1}{2}\pi$ .

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Symbols:: $J_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{z}\right)$ : Bessel function of the first kind, $\pi$ : the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, $\mathrm{e}$ : base of natural logarithm, $\mathrm{i}$ : imaginary unit, $K_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{z}\right)$ : modified Bessel function of the second kind, $\operatorname{ph}$ : phase, : complex variable and $\nu$ : complex parameter
Referenced by:: §10.67(i)
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10.27.10 $-\pi Y_{\nu}\left(z\right)=e^{-\nu\pi i/2}K_{\nu}\left(ze^{-\pi i/2}\right)+e^% {\nu\pi i/2}K_{\nu}\left(ze^{\pi i/2}\right),$ $|\operatorname{ph}z|\leq\tfrac{1}{2}\pi$ .

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Symbols:: $Y_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{z}\right)$ : Bessel function of the second kind, $\pi$ : the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, $\mathrm{e}$ : base of natural logarithm, $\mathrm{i}$ : imaginary unit, $K_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{z}\right)$ : modified Bessel function of the second kind, $\operatorname{ph}$ : phase, : complex variable and $\nu$ : complex parameter
Referenced by:: §10.43(iv)
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10.27.11 $Y_{\nu}\left(z\right)=e^{\pm(\nu+1)\pi i/2}I_{\nu}\left(ze^{\mp\pi i/2}\right)% -(2/\pi)e^{\mp\nu\pi i/2}K_{\nu}\left(ze^{\mp\pi i/2}\right),$ $-\tfrac{1}{2}\pi\leq\pm\operatorname{ph}z\leq\pi$ .

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Symbols:: $Y_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{z}\right)$ : Bessel function of the second kind, $\pi$ : the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, $\mathrm{e}$ : base of natural logarithm, $\mathrm{i}$ : imaginary unit, $I_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{z}\right)$ : modified Bessel function of the first kind, $K_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{z}\right)$ : modified Bessel function of the second kind, $\operatorname{ph}$ : phase, : complex variable and $\nu$ : complex parameter
A&S Ref:: 9.6.5 (modified)
Referenced by:: §11.6(i)
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