NAME¶

std::sph_bessel,std::sph_besself,std::sph_bessell - std::sph_bessel,std::sph_besself,std::sph_bessell

Synopsis¶

Defined in header <cmath>
float sph_bessel ( unsigned int n, float x );
(since C++17)
double sph_bessel ( unsigned int n, double x ); (until C++23)

long double sph_bessel ( unsigned int n, long double x );
/* floating-point-type */ sph_bessel( unsigned int n,
/* floating-point-type (1) (since C++23)
*/ x );
float sph_besself( unsigned int n, float x ); (2) (since C++17)
long double sph_bessell( unsigned int n, long double x ); (3) (since C++17)
Additional overloads
Defined in header <cmath>
template< class Integer > (A) (since C++17)
double sph_bessel ( unsigned int n, Integer x );

1-3) Computes the spherical Bessel function of the first kind of n and x.
The library provides overloads of std::sph_bessel for all cv-unqualified
floating-point types as the type of the parameter x.
(since C++23)
A) Additional overloads are provided for all integer types, which are treated as
double.

Parameters¶

n - the order of the function
x - the argument of the function

Return value¶

If no errors occur, returns the value of the spherical Bessel function of the first
kind of n and x, that is j
n(x) = (π/2x)1/2
J
n+1/2(x) where J
n(x) is std::cyl_bessel_j(n, x) and x≥0.

Error handling¶

Errors may be reported as specified in math_errhandling.

* If the argument is NaN, NaN is returned and domain error is not reported.
* If n≥128, the behavior is implementation-defined.

Notes¶

Implementations that do not support C++17, but support ISO 29124:2010, provide this
function if __STDCPP_MATH_SPEC_FUNCS__ is defined by the implementation to a value
at least 201003L and if the user defines __STDCPP_WANT_MATH_SPEC_FUNCS__ before
including any standard library headers.

Implementations that do not support ISO 29124:2010 but support TR 19768:2007 (TR1),
provide this function in the header tr1/cmath and namespace std::tr1.

An implementation of this function is also available in boost.math.

The additional overloads are not required to be provided exactly as (A). They only
need to be sufficient to ensure that for their argument num of integer type,
std::sph_bessel(int_num, num) has the same effect as std::sph_bessel(int_num,
static_cast<double>(num)).

Example¶

// Run this code

#include <cmath>
#include <iostream>

int main()
{
// spot check for n == 1
double x = 1.2345;
std::cout << "j_1(" << x << ") = " << std::sph_bessel(1, x) << '\n';

// exact solution for j_1
std::cout << "sin(x)/x² - cos(x)/x = "
<< std::sin(x) / (x * x) - std::cos(x) / x << '\n';
}

Output:¶

j_1(1.2345) = 0.352106
sin(x)/x² - cos(x)/x = 0.352106

See also¶

cyl_bessel_j
cyl_bessel_jf
cyl_bessel_jl cylindrical Bessel functions (of the first kind)
(C++17) (function)
(C++17)
(C++17)
sph_neumann
sph_neumannf
sph_neumannl spherical Neumann functions
(C++17) (function)
(C++17)
(C++17)

External links¶

Weisstein, Eric W. "Spherical Bessel Function of the First Kind." From MathWorld — A
Wolfram Web Resource.