Chebyshev or tchebycheff polynomials – HP 48gII User Manual

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With these definitions, a general solution of Bessel’s equation for all values of
ν is given by y(x) = K

1

⋅J

ν

(x)+K

2

⋅Y

ν

(x).


In some instances, it is necessary to provide complex solutions to Bessel’s
equations by defining the Bessel functions of the third kind of order

ν as

H

n

(1)

(x) = J

ν

(x)+i

⋅Y

ν

(x), and H

n

(2)

(x) = J

ν

(x)

−i⋅Y

ν

(x),

These functions are also known as the first and second Hankel functions of
order

ν.


In some applications you may also have to utilize the so-called modified
Bessel functions of the first kind of order

ν defined as I

ν

(x)= i

-

ν

J

ν

(i

x), where i is

the unit imaginary number. These functions are solutions to the differential
equation x

2

⋅(d

2

y/dx

2

) + x

⋅ (dy/dx)- (x

2

+

ν

2

)

⋅y = 0.


The modified Bessel functions of the second kind,

K

ν

(x) = (

π/2)⋅[I

-

ν

(x)

−I

ν

(x)]/sin

νπ,

are also solutions of this ODE.

You can implement functions representing Bessel’s functions in the calculator
in a similar manner to that used to define Bessel’s functions of the first kind,
but keeping in mind that the infinite series in the calculator need to be
translated into a finite series.

Chebyshev or Tchebycheff polynomials

The functions T

n

(x) = cos(n

⋅cos

-1

x), and U

n

(x) = sin[(n+1) cos

-1

x]/(1-x

2

)

1/2

, n

= 0, 1, … are called Chebyshev or Tchebycheff polynomials of the first and
second kind, respectively. The polynomials Tn(x) are solutions of the
differential equation (1-x

2

)

⋅(d

2

y/dx

2

)

− x⋅ (dy/dx) + n

2

⋅y = 0.

In the calculator the function TCHEBYCHEFF generates the Chebyshev or
Tchebycheff polynomial of the first kind of order n, given a value of n > 0. If
the integer n is negative (n < 0), the function TCHEBYCHEFF generates a
Tchebycheff polynomial of the second kind of order n whose definition is

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