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10 Bessel Functions Modified Bessel Functions 10.29 Recurrence Relations and Derivatives 10.31 Power Series

§10.30 Limiting Forms

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Referenced by:: §10.25(iii), §10.28
Permalink:: http://dlmf.nist.gov/10.30
See also:: Annotations for Ch.10

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§10.30(i) $z\to 0$
§10.30(ii) $z\to\infty$

§10.30(i) $z\to 0$

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Keywords:: limiting forms, modified Bessel functions
Notes:: For (10.30.1) use (10.25.2). For (10.30.2) and (10.30.3) use (10.27.4) when $\nu$ is not an integer; (10.27.3), (10.31.1) otherwise.
Referenced by:: §11.13(iv)
Permalink:: http://dlmf.nist.gov/10.30.i
See also:: Annotations for §10.30 and Ch.10

When $\nu$ is fixed and $z\to 0$ ,

10.30.1 $I_{\nu}\left(z\right)\sim(\tfrac{1}{2}z)^{\nu}/\Gamma\left(\nu+1\right),$ $\nu\neq-1,-2,-3,\dots$ ,

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Symbols:: $\Gamma\left(\NVar{z}\right)$ : gamma function, $\sim$ : asymptotic equality, $I_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{z}\right)$ : modified Bessel function of the first kind, : complex variable and $\nu$ : complex parameter
A&S Ref:: 9.6.7
Referenced by:: §10.30(i)
Permalink:: http://dlmf.nist.gov/10.30.E1
Encodings:: TeX, pMML, png
See also:: Annotations for §10.30(i), §10.30 and Ch.10

10.30.2 $K_{\nu}\left(z\right)\sim\tfrac{1}{2}\Gamma\left(\nu\right)(\tfrac{1}{2}z)^{-% \nu},$ $\Re\nu>0$ ,

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Symbols:: $\Gamma\left(\NVar{z}\right)$ : gamma function, $\sim$ : asymptotic equality, $K_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{z}\right)$ : modified Bessel function of the second kind, $\Re$ : real part, : complex variable and $\nu$ : complex parameter
A&S Ref:: 9.6.9
Referenced by:: §10.30(i)
Permalink:: http://dlmf.nist.gov/10.30.E2
Encodings:: TeX, pMML, png
See also:: Annotations for §10.30(i), §10.30 and Ch.10

10.30.3 $K_{0}\left(z\right)\sim-\ln z.$

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Symbols:: $\sim$ : asymptotic equality, $K_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{z}\right)$ : modified Bessel function of the second kind, $\ln\NVar{z}$ : principal branch of logarithm function and : complex variable
A&S Ref:: 9.6.8
Referenced by:: §10.30(i)
Permalink:: http://dlmf.nist.gov/10.30.E3
Encodings:: TeX, pMML, png
See also:: Annotations for §10.30(i), §10.30 and Ch.10

For $K_{\nu}\left(x\right)$ , when $\nu$ is purely imaginary and $x\to 0+$ , see (10.45.2) and (10.45.7).

§10.30(ii) $z\to\infty$

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Notes:: Use (10.40.1) and (10.34.1) with $m=\pm 1$ .
Referenced by:: §11.13(iv), item 3
Permalink:: http://dlmf.nist.gov/10.30.ii
See also:: Annotations for §10.30 and Ch.10

When $\nu$ is fixed and $z\to\infty$ ,

10.30.4 $I_{\nu}\left(z\right)\sim e^{z}/\sqrt{2\pi z},$ $|\operatorname{ph}z|\leq\tfrac{1}{2}\pi-\delta$ ,

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Symbols:: $\sim$ : asymptotic equality, $\pi$ : the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, $\mathrm{e}$ : base of natural logarithm, $I_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{z}\right)$ : modified Bessel function of the first kind, $\operatorname{ph}$ : phase, : complex variable, $\nu$ : complex parameter and $\delta$ : small positive constant
Permalink:: http://dlmf.nist.gov/10.30.E4
Encodings:: TeX, pMML, png
See also:: Annotations for §10.30(ii), §10.30 and Ch.10

10.30.5 $I_{\nu}\left(z\right)\sim e^{\pm(\nu+\frac{1}{2})\pi i}e^{-z}/\sqrt{2\pi z},$ $\tfrac{1}{2}\pi+\delta\leq\pm\operatorname{ph}z\leq\tfrac{3}{2}\pi-\delta$ .

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Symbols:: $\sim$ : asymptotic equality, $\pi$ : 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, $\nu$ : complex parameter and $\delta$ : small positive constant
Permalink:: http://dlmf.nist.gov/10.30.E5
Encodings:: TeX, pMML, png
See also:: Annotations for §10.30(ii), §10.30 and Ch.10

For $K_{\nu}\left(z\right)$ see (10.25.3).

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