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36 .TH J0 3 2014-01-18 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
38 j0, j0f, j0l, j1, j1f, j1l, jn, jnf, jnl \-
39 Bessel functions of the first kind
45 .BI "double j0(double " x );
47 .BI "double j1(double " x );
49 .BI "double jn(int " n ", double " x );
51 .BI "float j0f(float " x );
53 .BI "float j1f(float " x );
55 .BI "float jnf(int " n ", float " x );
57 .BI "long double j0l(long double " x );
59 .BI "long double j1l(long double " x );
61 .BI "long double jnl(int " n ", long double " x );
66 Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
67 .BR feature_test_macros (7)):
75 _SVID_SOURCE || _BSD_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE
85 _SVID_SOURCE || _BSD_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE\ >=\ 600
86 .\" Also seems to work: -std=c99 -D_XOPEN_SOURCE
94 functions return Bessel functions of
96 of the first kind of orders 0 and 1, respectively.
100 returns the Bessel function of
102 of the first kind of order
110 functions are versions that take and return
118 functions are versions that take and return
122 On success, these functions return the appropriate
123 Bessel value of the first kind for
128 is a NaN, a NaN is returned.
132 is too large in magnitude,
133 or the result underflows,
134 a range error occurs,
135 and the return value is 0.
139 for information on how to determine whether an error has occurred
140 when calling these functions.
142 The following errors can occur:
144 Range error: result underflow, or \fIx\fP is too large in magnitude
148 .\" An underflow floating-point exception
149 .\" .RB ( FE_UNDERFLOW )
152 These functions do not raise exceptions for
153 .BR fetestexcept (3).
154 .\" FIXME . Is it intentional that these functions do not raise exceptions?
156 .\" Bug raised: http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6805
158 The functions returning
160 conform to SVr4, 4.3BSD,
162 The others are nonstandard functions that also exist on the BSDs.
164 There are errors of up to 2e\-16 in the values returned by