spherical Bessel function of the first kind

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematical_concept
gptkb:software
gptkbp:asymptoticForm j_n(x) ~ sin(x - nπ/2)/x for large x
gptkbp:category orthogonal polynomials
solutions to differential equations
gptkbp:differential x^2 y'' + 2x y' + [x^2 - n(n+1)]y = 0
gptkbp:domain real numbers
gptkbp:expressedIn j_n(x) = sqrt(π/(2x)) J_{n+1/2}(x)
gptkbp:firstFew j_2(x) = ( (3/x^3) - (1/x) ) sin(x) - (3 cos(x)/x^2 )
j_0(x) = sin(x)/x
j_1(x) = (sin(x)/x^2) - (cos(x)/x)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label spherical Bessel function of the first kind
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Friedrich_Bessel
gptkbp:notation j_n(x)
gptkbp:orthogonal on [0,∞) with weight x^2
gptkbp:parameter order n
argument x
gptkbp:recurrence j_{n-1}(x) and j_{n+1}(x)
gptkbp:relatedTo Bessel function
gptkbp:seriesExpansion j_n(x) = x^n / ( (2n+1)!! ) + ...
gptkbp:usedIn mathematical physics
quantum mechanics
wave equations
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:spherical_Bessel_function
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7